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  • Robert (Bob) Mills, Kansas-Nebraska exec, to retire
    by Eva Wilson, posted Wednesday, March 11, 2020 (4 years ago)

    TOPEKA, Kan. (BP) -- Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists (KNCSB) Executive Director-Treasurer Bob Mills has announced plans to retire Feb. 28, 2021. He assumed the position Jan. 1, 2010.

    A native of Florida, Mills came to Kansas to attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Throughout the 1979s, Mills held positions with the Home Mission Board (now North American Mission Board) and the Kansas City Baptist Association, and he served as pastor of First Baptist Church of Bethel, Kansas City, Kan., from 1978 to 1981. Read More

  • West Virginia elects Eric Ramsey executive director
    by WVSBC Staff, posted Monday, February 10, 2020 (4 years ago)

    SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va. (BP) -- Eric Ramsey was elected executive director-treasurer of the West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists by the WVCSB Executive Board during a special called meeting Feb. 1 at the state office in Scott Depot.

    "West Virginia Southern Baptists are a Gospel-passionate people whom God has utilized for half of a century to declare His glory among our neighbors and the nations," Ramsey said. "[My wife] Gaye and I are humbled and grateful to be joining our hearts and our hands with West Virginia Southern Baptists to run to the darkness with the light of the Gospel." Read More

  • West Virginia Baptists elect youngest-ever president
    by WVCSB Staff, posted Wednesday, November 20, 2019 (4 years ago)

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    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Messengers at the 49th annual meeting of the West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists (WVCSB) elected 26-year-old Mason Ballard, pastor/planter of Resurrection Church in Charleston as 30th convention president.

    "Your Cooperative Program investment in Mason Ballard is something you all should be proud of because he is reaping great fruit through the power of the Lord," Ed Goodman, director of missions for the Upper Ohio Valley Baptist Association, told messengers during his nomination speech. Read More

  • Kansas-Nebraska Baptists focus on evangelism
    by Staff, posted Wednesday, October 23, 2019 (4 years ago)

    LEXINGTON, Neb. (BP) -- Evangelism was a key focus as the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists (KNCSB) held its 2019 annual meeting at Parkview Baptist Church in Lexington, Neb.

    Keynote speaker Anthony Jordan, retired executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, challenged attendees to make evangelism a priority.

    "Everywhere we go we should be looking for that lost person to witness to," Jordan said. Read More

  • More help needed in Texas after Tropical Storm Imelda
    by Tobin Perry/Southern Baptist TEXAN, posted Thursday, September 26, 2019 (4 years ago)

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    BEAUMONT, Texas (BP) -- The Disaster Relief Ministry of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention now has three incident command units set up in East Texas to help churches minister to residents impacted by last week's historic Tropical Storm Imelda.

    "We have three incident management teams in place and are getting things organized," said Scottie Stice, the director of disaster relief for the SBTC. "We have assessors in place, and our teams will begin to arrive this weekend or early next week and everything will be in full swing." Read More

  • Hurricane Harvey: 'Still working to rebuild'
    by Bonnie Pritchett/TEXAN Correspondent, posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 (5 years ago)

    File photo by Jane Rodgers/TEXAN
    GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)-- As U.S. and international aid agencies pour resources into the Bahama Islands and eastern United States in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, some southeast Texas homeowners still await relief from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey two years ago, according to Southern Baptists of Texas Convention pastors in the region.

    SBTC field ministry strategists Dennis Parrish and Sonny Hathaway serve Southeast Texas communities where Harvey damaged or destroyed 738,000 homes and 25-30 SBC churches, and more than 30 pastors' homes. Read More

  • Disaster relief chaplains share hope in El Paso
    by Jane Rodgers/Southern Baptist TEXAN , posted Tuesday, August 13, 2019 (5 years ago)

    Photo by Terry Bunch
    EL PASO, Texas (BP) -- Four veteran Disaster Relief chaplains from the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC) packed quickly to drive from different regions of the state to El Paso to minister to victims, families and the community following the Aug. 3 shootings at the Cielo Vista Walmart.

    The four men, all pastors, arrived in El Paso on Aug. 7 and began to serve. None is new to helping others deal with tragedy and grief. Read More

  • Henard to transition from W.Va. executive director

    by By Staff, posted Wednesday, July 17, 2019 (5 years ago)

    SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va. (BP) -- William D. "Bill" Henard, executive director-treasurer of the West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists since 2015, has accepted a call to pastor First Baptist Church in Athens, Tenn., the convention reported in a July 17 news release.

    In a letter to the administrative committee of the convention's Executive Board, Henard stated, "I have made the decision that it is time for me to return to the pastorate. It has not been an easy decision but one to which I believe God has led me." Read More