Stories tagged with: 2012 state annual meeting roundup

• N.C. Baptists pray for spiritual awakening

  by Shawn Hendricks, posted Monday, November 26, 2012 (11 years ago)

  GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP) -- After weeks of focused prayer and a call for spiritual awakening, the 182nd annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina ended with 34 North American Mission Board missionaries being sent out to plant churches in some of the least evangelized areas of the country and Canada.

  With the theme "Awaken," based on Romans 13, 1,605 messengers and 284 guests from 762 North Carolina churches gathered at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex Special Events Cente... Read More

• SBTC continues 55/45 CP budget

  by Jerry Pierce, posted Monday, November 26, 2012 (11 years ago)

  SAN ANTONIO (BP) -- Messengers to the 15th annual meeting of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention re-elected President Terry M. Turner of Mesquite, Texas, by acclamation and passed a $26.3 million budget and eight resolutions on topics ranging from "a clear and complete" Gospel message to religious liberty violations in the federal health care law.

  The meeting at Castle Hills First Baptist Church in San Antonio, with the theme "Hearing and Doing," based on James 1:22, drew 916 register... Read More

• S.C. Baptists increase direct giving to IMB

  by Butch Blume/Baptist Courier, posted Tuesday, November 20, 2012 (11 years ago)

  GREENVILLE, S.C. (BP) -- Under the banner of "Great Commission Living," South Carolina Baptists gathered at the TD Convention Center in Greenville to conduct their state convention's annual business and to worship and fellowship together.

  Messengers elected new officers, adopted a $28.6 million budget, enacted bylaw changes to conform with last year's adoption of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report, and endorsed the appointment of a Seeking the Kingdom Task Force to develop a ... Read More

• Nev. Baptists welcome 9 new churches

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, November 20, 2012 (11 years ago)

  RENO, Nev. (BP) -- Nine new churches were added to the Nevada Baptist Convention during its 34th annual meeting at South Reno Baptist Church in Reno.

  The meeting's theme was "Our Hope in a New Day," based on Romans 5:2-5, and 107 messengers were registered.

  David Fee, pastor of Summerlin Community Baptist Church in Las Vegas, delivered the annual sermon. Eddie Miller, director of missions for the Sierra Baptist Association, presented the theme in prayer.

  Also preaching were Joe T... Read More

• Ky. Baptists fast-track 50/50 CP allocation

  by Drew Nichter/Western Recorder, posted Tuesday, November 20, 2012 (11 years ago)

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP) -- With approval of the 2013-14 budget, Kentucky Baptist Convention messengers have fast-tracked a 50/50 allocation of their Cooperative Program funds with the Southern Baptist Convention.

  The action was taken during the Nov. 13 KBC annual meeting at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington, attended by 651 messengers.

  KBC Executive Director Paul Chitwood presented a CP allocation budget for the coming fiscal year that will see the convention achieve a 50/50 split betwe... Read More

• Ariz. Baptists seek church renewal

  by Elizabeth Young, posted Monday, November 19, 2012 (11 years ago)

  PHOENIX (BP) -- Messengers to the 84th annual meeting of the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention heard a call to church renewal and unanimously conducted business in a single hour-and-a-half session.

  During the meeting at North Phoenix Baptist Church in Phoenix, the 252 messengers elected three new officers by acclamation, adopted a 2013 Cooperative Program budget of $3,180,000 and heard a report from the search team charged with recommending a new state missionary (executive director).

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• La. Baptists mark 200 years of ministry

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Friday, November 16, 2012 (11 years ago)

  WEST MONROE, La. (BP) -- Messengers to the 165th meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Convention were reminded that they are "the key" to what God is going to do during the next 200 years of ministry in the state.

  A brass key in the shape of the state of Louisiana was given to every person present Nov. 12 in the worship center at First Baptist Church in West Monroe, where John Avant is pastor.

  The keys were distributed as part of the 200th anniversary of Baptist ministry in the state, cele... Read More

• BGAV upholds decision to dismiss church

  by Robert Dilday, posted Friday, November 16, 2012 (11 years ago)

  ROANOKE, Va. (BP) -- The Baptist General Association of Virginia upheld a committee's decision to end the state association's affiliation with a church which ordained an openly gay man to the ministry earlier this fall.

  Also at its Nov. 13-14 annual meeting in Roanoke, Va., with 785 registered messengers, the BGAV adopted without discussion or apparent opposition a 2013 budget which had sparked wide-ranging debate for a month.

  The $12.1 million budget is $300,000 less than this year's... Read More

• Ala. Baptists adjust to budget shortfall

  by Staff/The Alabama Baptist, posted Thursday, November 15, 2012 (11 years ago)

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) -- Alabama Baptists, while continuing to aim for a 50/50 allocation of Cooperative Program receipts with Southern Baptist Convention causes by 2023, decreased their budget for the coming year by $1 million.

  Messengers approved a report by the Great Commission Ministries FutureFocus Task Force during the Nov. 13–14 Alabama Baptist State Convention annual meeting at Vaughn Forest Baptist Church in Montgomery.

  More than 10 percent of Alabama Baptists' 3,200-plus chu... Read More

• Colo. Baptists report growth, Kingdom impact

  by Staff, posted Thursday, November 15, 2012 (11 years ago)

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP) -- Colorado Baptists welcomed four new churches to the convention during its 57th annual meeting and heard reports of Kingdom ministry by its entity partners.

  Joining the Colorado Baptist General Convention were Karval Fellowship in Karval, led by Alan Carr; Gospel Church in Durango, led by Thomas Thiessen; the River in Monument, led by Michael B. Jiles, and Family Room Fellowship in Grand Junction, led by Ammani Bullock.

  As the convention focuses on reachi... Read More