Stories tagged with: 2009 sbc annual meeting preview

• Ezell to be Pastors' Conf. nominee

  by Staff, posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 (15 years ago)

  

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Kevin Ezell, senior pastor of Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference during its June 21-22 meeting in Louisville, Ky., a former conference president, Hayes Wicker, announced May 14. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: The Great Commission coin

  by Ed Litton, posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 (15 years ago)

  MOBILE, Ala. (BP)--In difficult economic times our minds naturally become focused on the top priority of the bottom line. Read More

• Ky. leader to be 1st VP nominee at SBC

  by Todd Deaton, posted Tuesday, May 12, 2009 (15 years ago)

  

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Kentucky pastor John Mark Toby will be nominated for first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the June 23-24 annual meeting at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. Read More

• WMU names Acteens panel

  by Julie Walters, posted Monday, May 11, 2009 (15 years ago)

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)--For many teens, life is all about them. Members of Acteens, however, know that life is to be about their relationship with God and actively sharing His love with others.

  Each year, Woman's Missionary Union recognizes a select group of Acteens -- young women who exhibit commitment to Christ and to missions along with exemplary leadership in their churches and communities -- to represent the missions organization and serve on a national panel. Acteens is the WMU mission... Read More

• Hunt, Litton, encourage 40 days of prayer

  by Staff, posted Friday, May 08, 2009 (15 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--A prayer guide to lead Southern Baptists in 40 days of prayer for the upcoming pastors' conference and annual meeting is now available at www.sbcpc.net.

  Johnny Hunt, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Ed Litton, president of the Pastors' Conference, are calling on Southern Baptists to prepare spiritually for the Louisville meetings with 40 days of prayer, beginning May 12 and concluding June 20.

  "We are asking all churches and prayer ministry leader... Read More

• Huckabee: See world through Jesus' eyes

  by Mark Kelly, posted Friday, May 08, 2009 (15 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--When Mike Huckabee takes the podium at the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference June 22 in Louisville, Ky., he will be standing at the intersection of the SBC annual meeting's two major themes.

  The Pastors' Conference theme -- "What if?" -- will challenge participants to trust God and engage a lost world, rather than retreat from seismic cultural changes and economic uncertainty. The annual meeting theme, "LoveLoud," will call on Southern Baptists to match t... Read More

• 'ONE Student Rally' to precede convention

  by Staff, posted Friday, May 08, 2009 (15 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--The ONE Student Rally, sponsored in part by the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists (COSBE), will serve as an outreach tool ahead of the SBC annual meeting in Louisville, Ky.

  Dean Forrest, the event's chief coordinator, told Baptist Press the rally is meant to attract local unchurched youth.

  "This is not just another event for local youth groups, but the goal is that the local youth pastors will bring their students and they'll encourage their students to b... Read More

• Shuttle service, parking & food options updated for Southern Baptist meeting

  by Staff, posted Friday, May 08, 2009 (15 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--An update on shuttle service and parking information has been issued for the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, June 23-24 in the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.

  One of the shuttle routes has been consolidated, convention manager R. Clark Logan Jr. has announced.

  Logan, vice president for business and finance with the SBC Executive Committee, noted that shuttle service for the annual meeting is still scheduled for all specifically name... Read More

• Hunt names Committee on Committees

  by Staff, posted Friday, May 08, 2009 (15 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Appointments to the Southern Baptist Convention's Committee on Committees have been announced by SBC President Johnny Hunt. Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Ga., announced the appointments in accordance with SBC Bylaw 19 which requires that their names be released to Baptist Press no later than 45 days prior to the annual meeting.

  The Committee on Committees will assemble in Louisville, Ky., just prior to the SBC’s June 23-24 annual meeting to nominat... Read More

• Southern Baptist EC, boards, commission, seminaries, committee nominees announced

  by Staff, posted Friday, May 08, 2009 (15 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Nominees to serve on the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, the four denominational boards -- International Mission Board, North American Mission Board, LifeWay Christian Resources and GuideStone Financial Resources -- the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the six seminaries and the Committee on Order of Business have been selected by the 2009 SBC Committee on Nominations.

  Nominees will serve if elected by the messengers to the annual meeting of the ... Read More