Stories tagged with: 2012 state annual meeting roundup

• Fla. Baptists continue toward 50/50 CP split

  by Barbara Denman/Florida Baptist Convention, posted Wednesday, November 14, 2012 (11 years ago)

  ORLANDO (BP) -- Jacksonville pastor Tim Maynard was elected president of the Florida Baptist State Convention during its Nov. 12-13 annual meeting at First Baptist Church in Orlando. Read More

• Mont. Baptists unanimous in raising CP giving

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Wednesday, November 14, 2012 (11 years ago)

  [IMG=33876@right@300]MONTANA CITY, Mont. (BP) -- A year after embracing its 20/20 Vision, the Montana Southern Baptist Convention voted to increase its Cooperative Program giving for the first time in the state group's 11-year history.

  Messengers to the 2012 annual meeting voted to increase by 1 percentage point its 2013 CP allocation to Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministries, sending 23 percent to the SBC of $967,179 budgeted for CP receipts from Montana churches.

  "We det... Read More

• Alaska Baptists affirm authority of Bible

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, November 14, 2012 (11 years ago)

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (BP) -- The 67th annual meeting of the Alaska Baptist Convention adopted a multi-faceted resolution affirming the authority of the Bible.

  The resolution calls political leaders to preserve the freedom of religion and commends Christians who uphold a biblical worldview; it specifically names President Obama, Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich and Alaska Rep. Don Young; and it commends Dan Cathy and the Chick-fil-A restaurant chain that Cathy leads.

  "We call up... Read More

• Mich. Baptists celebrate ethnically rich missions

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Tuesday, November 13, 2012 (11 years ago)

  MONROE, Mich. (BP) -- Tears tumbled from the eyes of a number of the 300-plus people gathered for the 55th annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan.

  The tears fell as the impact grew of what messengers and guests were seeing and hearing: nine ethnic groups in national attire, one after another following their nation's flag from the back to the front of the worship center at Monroe Missionary Baptist Church, singing "People Need the Lord" in their native language, including... Read More

• Miss. president, 1st VP draw unanimous votes

  by William H. Perkins Jr./The Baptist Record, posted Monday, November 12, 2012 (11 years ago)

  JACKSON, Miss. (BP) -- Messengers to the 177th annual meeting of the Mississippi Baptist Convention reelected without opposition David Hamilton, pastor of West Heights Baptist Church in Pontotoc, to a second term as convention president. Read More

• Mo. Baptists gain via communication, cooperation

  by Allen Palmeri/The Pathway, posted Friday, November 09, 2012 (11 years ago)

  ST. LOUIS (BP) -- Buoyed by news that Cooperative Program giving is holding steady, messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention's 178th annual meeting approved a $14.6 million budget and entered into new partnerships with New York and Mexico.

  The theme for the convention's Oct. 29-31 sessions in St. Louis was "Gratitude" based on Psalm 107:1. Registration totaled 923 messengers and 295 visitors from 398 churches.

  MBC Executive Director John Yeats, in his address to messengers, said t... Read More

• N.Y. Baptists approve task force report

  by Staff, posted Friday, November 09, 2012 (11 years ago)

  SCHROON LAKE, N.Y. (BP) -- The Baptist Convention of New York, at its 43rd annual meeting, approved the recommendations of its Vision Task Force along with the formation of an ad hoc team to implement the plan.

  The Vision Task Force, which BCNY messengers approved last year, made recommendations to refine the convention's vision and improve its effectiveness, made recommendations to improve cooperation and communication among BCNY staff, directors of missions, church planters and ministers;... Read More

• N.M. Baptists celebrate 100th anniversary

  by John Loudat, posted Thursday, November 01, 2012 (11 years ago)

  

  CLOVIS, N.M. (BP) -- One hundred years after messengers from Baptist churches across New Mexico gathered at First Baptist Church in Clovis to organize a new state convention, their spiritual descendents returned there for the Baptist Convention of New Mexico's centennial celebration. Read More

• Calif. Baptists weigh Focus 21 recommendations

  by Terry Barone, posted Monday, October 29, 2012 (11 years ago)

  CLOVIS, Calif. (BP) -- California Southern Baptists celebrated their diversity and considered Executive Board recommendations regarding the Focus 21 Task Force during the Oct. 23-24 annual meeting at Clovis Hills Community Church.

  Highlighting the California Southern Baptist Convention theme, "United: Every ethné, for Christ," the meeting featured three congregations involved in reaching an ethnic group other than their own:

  -- Chinese Baptist Church of Orange County in Anaheim, which ... Read More

• Ind. Baptists urged to reach state's 7M people

  by Steve McNeil, posted Friday, October 26, 2012 (11 years ago)

  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (BP) -- Indiana Baptist leader Cecil Seagle challenged messengers to the 54th annual meeting to reach the estimated 85 percent of Indianans who have no relationship with Jesus.

  Seagle, executive director of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana, told messengers to avoid the trap that says, "We live in the Midwest and it's a hard place to take the Gospel." To accept such a perspective denies the power of Jesus to change lives, Seagle said during the Oct. 14-15 meeting ... Read More