Stories tagged with: annual meeting

• SBC leaders cast vision for 2020 SBC

  by Barbara Denman, posted Wednesday, August 21, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) -- More than 220 Florida Baptist pastors and leaders were challenged by Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd to mobilize messengers "for the sake of the Gospel" to attend the SBC annual meeting, June 9-10, 2020, in Orlando.

  During the Aug. 21 meeting held at First Baptist Church in Orlando, Floyd asked for the pastors to "begin a journey of casting a vision" that will bring "thousands and thousands" to the annual meeting. Read More

• Kendrick Brothers 'Overcomer' draws hundreds at SBC

  by Aaron Earls, posted Wednesday, June 26, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Photo by Matt Miller

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Before "Overcomer" debuts in theaters on Aug. 23, Alex and Stephen Kendrick gave a sneak peek of their latest film in two screenings during the Southern Baptist Convention.

  The filmmaking brothers told hundreds of their heart and prayer for the movie.

  After 2015's "War Room," Alex Kendrick said they took a break, began to pray about their next project and felt God leading them to the issue of identity. Read More

• Every state at #SBC19, first time in 20 years

  by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, June 25, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- This year for the first time in at least two decades, churches in every state sent messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, the SBC Executive Committee said in official statistics released Tuesday (June 25).

  Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam were also represented among the 8,183 messengers who attended the meeting June 11-12 in Birmingham, Ala., which drew a total of 13,502 attendees, said Bill Townes, convention manager and EC vice president for convention finance. Read More

• Adoption, foster care 'messy' but biblical, panel says

  by Marcia Knox, posted Tuesday, June 25, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Adoption and foster care and what local churches can do to help families navigate related challenges were among the topics discussed by a panel of Southern Baptists in Birmingham, Ala.

  The panel was one of many that tackled a variety of topics on the Cooperative Program stage in the exhibit hall of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex June 10-12. The CP panels were held in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting. Read More

• What's next?: CP panel tackles road ahead

  by Marcia Knox, posted Monday, June 24, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Photo by Adam Covington.

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Panelists discussed a range of topics on the Cooperative Program panel stage during Southern Baptist's annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Among those topics were the future of the Southern Baptist Convention, resourcing churches to confront the sexual abuse crisis, and women in ministry.

  Moderating the "Vision SBC" discussion on June 10 in the exhibit hall were Jonathan Howe and Amy Whitfield, podcast co-hosts of "SBC This Week." Panelists were: Ronnie Floyd, president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee; Paul Chitwood, president of the International Mission Board; and Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board. Read More

• Floyd highlights Cooperative Program in videos

  by Timothy Cockes, posted Monday, June 24, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Via four videos focusing on the Cooperative Program, Executive Committee President/CEO Ronnie Floyd underscored its importance during the SBC annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala.

  The four video clips -- now posted at talkcp.com -- show how the Cooperative Program serves as the key channel of Southern Baptist support for a range of state, national and international mission and ministries. Read More

• Norine Brunson grateful for prayer amid Turkey ordeal

  by Shannon Baker, posted Monday, June 24, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Photo by Kathleen Murray

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Before recounting her experience in Turkey where she and her husband, pastor Andrew Brunson, were imprisoned, Norine Brunson expressed gratitude.

  "First of all, I just really need to thank you," she told the SBC Women's Session on June 10 preceding the SBC's annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Read More

• Filipinos elect exec, advance church planting plan

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Friday, June 21, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Photo by Matt Miller

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Dan Santiago was elected as the first-ever executive director of the Filipino Southern Baptist Fellowship of North America as the organization moves forward with its church planting initiative.

  Santiago's election took place during a business session of the group's June 10 annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Read More

• Bivocational pastors encouraged to persevere

  by Shar Walker , posted Friday, June 21, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Featured guest speaker, cartoonist and preacher Joe McKeever encouraged bivocational pastors in the rewarding and challenging work to which God has called them during a luncheon in Birmingham, Ala.

  The Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network hosted the Bivocational Pastor's Luncheon, held June 12 in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. Read More

• LifeWay leaders report VBS successes in Birmingham

  by Joy Allmond, posted Friday, June 21, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Photo by Aaron Earls

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Is Vacation Bible School worth it?

  This is the question church leaders around the country ask themselves every year. And it was the theme of the LifeWay Christian Resources breakfast at the 2019 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Read More