Stories tagged with: ronnie floyd

• Branzell to succeed Floyd to lead Nat'l Day of Prayer

  by Art Toalston, posted Wednesday, May 22, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP) -- Kathy Branzell has been named as Ronnie Floyd's successor as president of the National Day of Prayer Task Force.

  Branzell of Atlanta has participated in the National Day of Prayer for 19 years, according to a news release from the 10-member NDP board of directors.

  Floyd ended his two years of leading the National Day of Prayer on May 17 prior to taking ... Read More

• 'Holy moments': Floyd commissions son as successor

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, May 20, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (BP) -- Ronnie Floyd called them "holy moments." The senior pastor of Cross Church for nearly 33 years, Floyd preached his final sermon May 19 and commissioned his son Nick as his successor.

  "Pastor Nick and my son, even as [the apostle] Paul knelt and he prayed, I put my hands in your hands today as a sign and a symbol to our people that God is transferring this to you," Floyd said as both he and his son knelt before Cross Church's combined congregations at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark. Read More

• Floyd names Upton as assistant to the president

  by Art Toalston, posted Monday, May 06, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Ronnie Floyd, who will assume office as president/CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee on May 20, has named Ed Upton as assistant to the president.

  Upton, 38, has been president of the Cross Church School of Ministry in northwest Arkansas since May 2017. He served as campus pastor for Cross Church's campus in Neosho, Mo., from 2015-2017. Read More

• Ronnie Floyd infuses passion into 'How to Pray'

  by Art Toalston, posted Tuesday, April 30, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Ronnie Floyd is transparent about prayer as foundational and monumental in his life and ministry.

  A passion for prayer marks his personal conversations and his preaching and, now, it fills "How to Pray: Developing an Intimate Relationship with God." Read More

• Cross Church affirms Nick Floyd as senior pastor

  by Art Toalston, posted Monday, April 29, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) -- Nick Floyd was affirmed Sunday (April 28) as the next senior pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, to succeed his father, Ronnie Floyd, president/CEO-elect of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee.

  A statement posted at the church's website reported: "This morning, April 28, 2019, in the eleven services of Cross Church, Dr. Nick Floyd was voted upon and affirmed in an overwhelming manner to become the next Senior Pastor of Cross Church at the conclusion of morning worship on Sunday, May 19, 2019." Read More

• 'Love One Another' nationwide prayer plea May 2

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, April 24, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Aligning American culture with God's commandment to love one another is the vision of the 2019 National Day of Prayer (NDP) May 2, an annual event organizers say impacted perhaps 510 million people in 2018.

  Neither society nor the church are loving one another as God commanded, NDP Task Force President Ronnie Floyd told Baptist Press. Read More

• Nick Floyd nominated as Cross Church senior pastor

  by Art Toalston, posted Monday, April 15, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) -- Nick Floyd has been nominated as senior pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, the church's board of directors announced to the congregation Sunday (April 14).

  A vote will be held in each service at Cross Church's four campuses on Sunday, April 28. Read More

• 'Lord here am I, send me,' Floyd says of EC post

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, April 08, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) -- Ronnie Floyd had told his wife Jeana not to worry. Jeana couldn't shake a feeling that one of five Southern Baptist Convention entities seeking presidents at that time would recruit her husband to the helm.

  "We're happy," Floyd reassured her. "It's not going to happen. God is moving, all is well." Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: You may be asking

  by Ronnie Floyd, posted Monday, April 08, 2019 (5 years ago)

  Ronnie Floyd gives an overview of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee as its new president. Read More

• UPDATED: Floyd hears hearts, extends hands in conf. calls

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, April 03, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  DALLAS (BP) -- A diversity of hundreds of Southern Baptist leaders shared their concerns with SBC Executive Committee President-elect Ronnie Floyd in conference video sessions and calls he hosted April 2-3 in Dallas.

  Speaking with leaders immediately after his election has been his stated desire since considering the post, Floyd told Baptist Press April 2. Read More