DALLAS — Jeff Iorg said all during this year’s Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas, messengers have been doing something similar to what the Israelites did in Joshua 4. In that chapter, “there’s a story of God instructing His people to gather 12 memorial stones from the Jordan River and to create a memorial to the miracle of God stopping the river so the Israelites could cross on dry

DALLAS — North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley was elected for a second term as Southern Baptist Convention president during the SBC’s annual meeting in Dallas. Pressley defeated David Morrill, a member of Applewood Baptist Church in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, who was nominated by Chris Cunningham from Hillcrest Baptist Church in Big Springs, Texas. Out of 6,009 votes cast, Pressley received 5,567 votes (92.64%). Morrill received 408 votes (6.79 % ),

DALLAS—Jimmy Scroggins said his dad was a high school football coach, and the one thing he prided himself on the most was how many of his assistant coaches became head coaches. “There were more than 50 who became head coaches,” said Scroggins, pastor of Family Church in south Florida. “He felt like that was a greater mark of his success than anything else he accomplished.” That’s how he feels about

DALLAS—Recalling his early years playing football, Clint Pressley recalled how there were some players he was friends with and some he “barely knew their name.” But he still recognized they were “all teammates” — and cooperation and teamwork were critical for the success of the team. “Every guy on that team was my teammate, and we played on the same team in the same direction,” said Pressley, president of the

DALLAS — Jamie Dew told pastors that he had one simple but honest question for them: “Do you ever want to quit?” “I can think of a million reasons we might feel that way,” said Dew, president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, as he spoke to the Southern Baptist Pastors Conference in Dallas on June 9. “The most important task to be done on earth right now is the

Updated curriculum adds safety coordinators and response plans for churches NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee is relaunching its abuse prevention and response website with expanded resources to equip churches to create safe spaces for children and adults to worship God unhindered by abuse. An updated Essentials 2.0 curriculum, blog posts from experts in the field and a centralized landing page for all related state convention resources