SEND RELIEF PARTNERS HELP MOROCCAN EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS
MARRAKESH, Morocco — As early death toll counts have surpassed 1,300, Send Relief partners in Morocco are already meeting needs in the aftermath of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the African nation on Friday night. “Send Relief’s partners in Morocco immediately began providing urgently needed help and supplies within hours of the earthquake hitting this […]
DOCKERY INSTALLED AS SWBTS PRESIDENT
FORT WORTH, Texas — Beginning his 40th year of service in Christian higher education, David S. Dockery was officially installed as the 10th president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary during an investiture ceremony that was part of the school’s Aug. 22 convocation service. Dockery, a 1981 master of divinity graduate of Southwestern, was the 2002 […]
EC CONDUCTING INTERNAL INVESTIGATION RELATED TO WILLIE MCLAURIN
NASHVILLE — The SBC Executive Committee has begun an investigation into the circumstances leading to the resignation of Willie McLaurin. McLaurin resigned on Aug. 17 after confessing to falsifying his education background. He was serving as the interim president and CEO and was thought to be the leading candidate for the permanent role. He had […]
ADDRESSING GLOBAL HUNGER REQUIRES MULTIFACETED APPROACH
Editor’s note: Sunday, Aug. 27, is Global Hunger Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention. NASHVILLE — For the 5-year-old Burmese refugee, the small bag of rice evoked a living thing. “It’s baby rice,” she proclaimed, hugging it to her chest. Terry Dale Hudgins, director of the Nashville World Outreach Partnership based at Tusculum Hills Baptist […]
BAPTIST PRESS TEMPORARILY RESTRICTS HOWE’S WEBSITE ACCESS
NASHVILLE — In a move to provide separation between the administrative leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee and Baptist Press, EC interim president and CEO Jonathan Howe’s credentials on the Baptist Press site have been altered so that he cannot post or edit BP stories. Howe’s permanent role at the EC is vice […]
NEW SBC HEAD ATTENDS A DUALLY ALIGNED CHURCH AND HIS WIFE IS A ‘MINISTER’
NASHVILLE — The new interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, Jonathan Howe, is a member of a church dually aligned with the SBC and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and where his seminary-educated wife holds the job title “minister of students and discipleship.” Based on actions taken by messengers to the SBC annual […]
HOWE TO SERVE AS INTERIM SBC EC PRESIDENT AND CEO
NASHVILLE — Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Chairman Philip Robertson announced to EC members on Aug. 18 that Jonathan Howe will take over the role of interim EC president and CEO following the sudden resignation of Willie McLaurin on Aug. 17. “The SBC Executive Committee’s bylaws require that the Executive Committee officers appoint an existing […]
SBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RESUMES SEARCH FOR NEXT CEO FOLLOWING MCLAURIN RESIGNATION
NASHVILLE — The leader of the committee searching for the next president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee says they are resuming their search. The committee is receiving resumes following the surprise resignation of Willie McLaurin from the SBC EC on Aug. 17. McLaurin stepped down from his role as interim president and CEO […]
MCLAURIN RESIGNS AS INTERIM PRESIDENT OF SBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
NASHVILLE — Willie McLaurin has resigned immediately as interim president of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention after it was revealed he falsified his academic credentials. McLaurin has been serving in the interim role since February 2022 following the October 2021 resignation of Ronnie Floyd. McLaurin was the first African American to lead […]
HAWAII DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 99; SEND RELIEF PLANS TAKING SHAPE
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Search and rescue crews have covered only 25 percent of the search area around Lahaina after a devastating fire destroyed the town and claimed at least 99 lives a week ago. Crews are using cadaver dogs to search for human remains. So far, nearly 100 deaths have been confirmed, though only three […]