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  • SBC EC grants Uth extension for pastors' conference response
    by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, February 20, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) -- SBC Pastors' Conference president David Uth has been granted an extended time for fasting and prayer before responding to the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee's stipulation that program adjustments be made before space is allocated at the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting venue.

    Responding to dissension over the 2020 SBC Pastors' Conference (SBCPC) speaker roster, the SBC EC originally voted Feb. 18 to give the SBCPC until Feb. 24 to make suitable changes to its conference program to be granted space June 7-8 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The extension gives the church until March 30 to respond. Read More

  • Pastors' Conference meeting space contingent on program changes
    by George Schroeder, posted Tuesday, February 18, 2020 (4 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Responding to concerns about the speakers' lineup for the 2020 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference, the SBC Executive Committee voted Tuesday (Feb. 18) to allocate meeting space for the event provided changes are made to the proposed program. Read More

  • SBC Executive Committee creates ERLC study task force
    by Jonathan Howe, posted Tuesday, February 18, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voted Tuesday (Feb. 18) to create a study task force to "review the past and present activities" of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC).

    The ERLC is tasked with helping churches understand the moral demands of the Gospel and public policy as well as promoting religious liberty on behalf of Southern Baptists. The Executive Committee action (full text below) comes in response to "ongoing concerns" cited by EC members, state leaders and other Southern Baptists that the ERLC is not adequately fulfilling its Convention-approved ministry assignments. Read More

  • SBC Executive Committee votes to disfellowship Texas church
    by George Schroeder, posted Tuesday, February 18, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Acting on a recommendation by the Southern Baptist Convention Credentials Committee, the SBC Executive Committee voted Tuesday (Feb. 18) to disfellowship Ranchland Heights Baptist Church of Midland, Texas, from the SBC because of its employment of a lifetime registered sex offender as pastor. The complete text of the Credentials Committee's recommendation follows this article. Read More

  • IMB, NAMB to join in Send Relief efforts
    by By IMB and NAMB staff, posted Tuesday, February 18, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The International Mission Board (IMB) and the North American Mission Board (NAMB) will work together to combine compassion ministry efforts in North America and abroad under the umbrella of Send Relief. Ronnie Floyd, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee (EC) announced the new working relationship during a plenary session of the EC in Nashville Tuesday, Feb. 18.

    "Today I want to announce to you a formal relationship between the North American Mission Board and the International Mission Board for the purpose of compassion ministry," Floyd s Read More

  • Greear urges unity, not uniformity
    by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Monday, February 17, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- In his plenary address during the SBC Executive Committee meeting Feb. 17, Southern Baptist Convention president J.D. Greear called EC members to unity in order to continue to focus on "Gospel Above All," his choice of theme for the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting in June -- just as it was for the 2019 SBC Annual Meeting.

    Saying his goal has been to see the Gospel mission become the defining reality of the SBC, Greear challenged them on matters of sex abuse prevention, racial reconciliation, Gospel focus, Cooperative Program efforts and missional resurgence. Read More

  • Floyd issues Vision 2025 call to reach every person with the Gospel
    by Jonathan Howe and Amy Whitfield, posted Monday, February 17, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- SBC Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd announced a new five-year initiative in conjunction with multiple entities to reach every person with the Gospel in every town, every city, every state and every nation.

    In his address Monday night (Feb. 17), Floyd presented this Convention-wide initiative to members of the EC and a packed crowd in attendance for the group's February 2020 meeting. Read More

  • Vision 2025 unveiling, Credentials Committee report highlight SBC EC meeting agenda
    by Jonathan Howe, posted Friday, February 14, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- SBC Executive Committee president Ronnie Floyd is expected to issue a call for Southern Baptists to reimagine a new future of reaching the world for Jesus Christ at the February SBC Executive Committee meeting next week (Feb. 17-18) in Nashville.

    In his remarks with Baptist state publication editors and state executives earlier this week in Tucson (see related story), Floyd announced the unveiling of "Vision 2025" -- a call to reach every person for Jesus Christ in every town, every city, every state and every nation. Floyd's address is scheduled for Monday night in the first of two scheduled plenary sessions of the 86-member board. Read More