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  • Panel discussion covers racism, politics and evangelism
    by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Tuesday, June 09, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) – Given the current upheaval race relations in the United States, Vance Pitman, senior pastor of Hope Church in Las Vegas, said the Southern Baptist Convention must seize the tumultuous moment to change.

    "We have to move past as a denomination being ‘not racist,’ to being anti-racist," said Pitman during a panel discussion Tuesday (June 9) hosted by Baptist 21. "That’s got to become who we are." Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Two percent of my life
    by Laura Erlanson, posted Tuesday, June 09, 2020 (4 years ago)

    The work done at the annual meeting is important. Sometimes eternally so, Laura Erlanson says. But the fellowship is important too. Read More

  • Racial healing, Great Commission, Cooperative Program headline SBC Advance
    by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, June 02, 2020 (4 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Amid unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as racial unrest and tumult after the recent death of an African American man in police custody, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee offered a healing balm Tuesday (June 2) with SBC Advance.

    The two-hour online event was not intended to replace the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting (originally scheduled June 9-10 in Orlando, but canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic), but instead to provide Southern Baptists the opportunity to hear how God has continued to work through the SBC. Read More

  • SBC trustee system stable in spite of Annual Meeting cancellation
    by David Roach/TEXAN, posted Tuesday, June 02, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) -- If history is any indication, the Southern Baptist Convention's trustee system will continue without a snag despite the cancellation of the 2020 SBC annual meeting due to COVID-19. The last annual meeting cancellations, during World War II, were followed by a boom of evangelism and discipleship resourced by the convention's entities.

    Still, the unique circumstances this year create some potential challenges for a convention reliant on annual trustee elections. Read More

  • SBC Advance brings entity reports and reminder of missional focus
    by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Monday, June 01, 2020 (4 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- SBC Advance, the two-hour online event providing ministry updates from Southern Baptist Convention entities and SBC president J.D. Greear, will be livestreamed at 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 2, at SBCadvance.com.

    The SBC 2020 Annual Meeting, set to be held June 9-10 in Orlando, was canceled as a result of restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic. This online event is not meant to replace that meeting, but rather give Southern Baptists an opportunity to hear how God has continued to work throughout the SBC. Read More

  • SBC Executive Committee to host SBC Advance June 2
    by BP Staff, posted Monday, May 18, 2020 (4 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- While the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting has been canceled for the first time since 1945, Southern Baptists will still be provided with an opportunity to hear from the entities of the Southern Baptist Convention through an online event June 2 hosted by the SBC Executive Committee.

    SBC Advance, a two-hour online event, is not designed to be a substitute for the annual meeting, but will provide ministry updates from and interviews with all SBC entity and auxiliary heads, as well as SBC President J.D. Greear. The event will be livestreamed at SBCadvance.com starting at 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Read More

  • 2020 SBC Pastors' Conference canceled; 2021 conference to be SEND event
    by George Schroeder, posted Friday, April 17, 2020 (4 years ago)

    ORLANDO (BP) -- The 2020 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference has been canceled, and its officers have asked the North American Mission Board to plan and produce the event in 2021.

    The decision brings resolution to an event that had become controversial because of its planned lineup of speakers. David Uth, president of the 2020 Pastors' Conference and pastor of First Baptist Church of Orlando, said in a statement released Friday (April 17) that the officers had "prayerfully considered options" and "sought counsel" from SBC president J.D. Greear and some former SBC pastors' conference presidents. Read More

  • Floyd to pastors: 'We're in it with you'
    by Staff, posted Wednesday, March 25, 2020 (4 years ago)

    Ronnie Floyd, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, answers questions about the decision to cancel the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting and about the struggles pastors and churches are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

  • 2020 SBC Annual Meeting canceled
    by George Schroeder, posted Tuesday, March 24, 2020 (4 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting has been canceled for the first time in 75 years.

    Citing authority provided by the SBC Constitution "in the case of grave emergency," the decision was made Tuesday (March 24) in a unanimous vote of a body composed of SBC officers, the SBC Executive Committee and leaders of the SBC's boards and institutions. Read More