In introducing interim president and CEO Jonathan Howe to deliver his report to the SBC Executive Committee Feb. 19, chairman Philip Robertson of Louisiana praised Howe for his leadership over the past six months. “Through all of the turns and the events over the last six months, he has continued to show up and to lead us through a number of very unexpected situations and I’m so thankful for him,”

PHOENIX, Ariz. —  International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 62 new full-time, fully funded missionaries during their Feb. 14-15 meeting in Phoenix. Trustees met in conjunction with a Sending Celebration for new appointees hosted by North Phoenix Baptist Church on Feb. 14. Keith Evans, trustee chairman from Washington state, presided over the meetings. Trudy Crittendon, trustee recording secretary from South Carolina, called Thursday’s plenary session to order and

PHOENIX, Ariz. —  International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 62 new full-time, fully funded missionaries during their Feb. 14-15 meeting in Phoenix. Trustees met in conjunction with a Sending Celebration for new appointees hosted by North Phoenix Baptist Church on Feb. 14. Keith Evans, trustee chairman from Washington state, presided over the meetings. Trudy Crittendon, trustee recording secretary from South Carolina, called Thursday’s plenary session to order and

COLLIERVILLE — Baptist collegiate ministry leaders from across the country will gather May 1-3 for the 2024 Collegiate Summit held near Memphis. The event is held every three years and features valuable resources, well-known guest speakers and networking opportunities for campus ministers and church college leaders looking to enhance their ministries to students. More than 700 participants are expected at the event, organized by the Baptist Collegiate Network. Planning Team

Henry Blackaby, author of Experiencing God, has died following a decade of declining health. Blackaby — pastor, author and founder of Blackaby Ministries International — died Feb. 10 at the age of 88. He is widely known for his bestselling and influential discipleship workbook, “Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God,” which was first released in 1990. It has sold more than 7 million copies and was revised

America’s preteens are following in the “unfortunate spiritual footsteps of the generations that have preceded them,” says researcher George Barna citing a recent study. The consequence of this trend, he noted, is that 8- to-12-year-olds are “on track to abandon biblical Christianity in record numbers.” Five key areas were targeted in the study: Bible — Barna states bluntly, “America’s children are receiving an inadequate introduction to the Bible.” Only 60 percent

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A former Presbyterian minister has been chosen to serve as director of urban church planting for the North American Mission Board’s Send Network. Send Network trains church-planting missionaries to engage cities, make disciples and plant churches, according to Vance Pitman, president of Send Network. Doug Logan joined Send Network’s team as director of urban church planting in December 2023. He has been pastor of church planting at

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a conversation spanning nearly 90 minutes and covering many much-discussed topics in Southern Baptist Convention life, SBC president Bart Barber answered questions from pastor Heath Lambert at First Baptist Church of Jacksonville. Lambert had solicited questions from church members, and they were submitted in advance. The early questions dealt with Barber’s salvation testimony, personal background and how he came to be SBC president. He also talked