TENN. SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST SBC
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear the appeal of the Southern Baptist Convention as it tries to protect its constitutional rights in a case connected to an inquiry by the SBC Credentials Committee. Preston Garner, a longtime worship pastor and school music teacher, and his wife Kellie filed suit in 2023 against the SBC, […]
‘PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH’: SOUTHERN BAPTIST LEADERS RESPOND TO IRAN BOMBING
WASHINGTON (BP) – Saying now is the time for peace, Pres. Donald Trump announced through social media a “very successful attack” on three nuclear weapons sites in Iran Saturday night (June 21). Trump’s announcement of American action came 10 days after Israel began missile attacks to drive back Iran’s production of nuclear weapons. The president said all […]
NEW BOOK FOCUSES ON CP CENTENNIAL
MEMPHIS — As the Southern Baptist Convention celebrates 100 years of the Cooperative Program — the SBC’s giving channel for missions and ministry — a new book explores the future of this cooperative effort. Chris Forbes, a longtime Southern Baptist marketing strategist and consultant, wrote “The Next Era of the Cooperative Program,” based on his […]
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS VOTE TO KEEP ERLC
DALLAS (BP) – In the latest attempt to abolish or defund the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, nearly 57 percent of messengers voted to keep the entity. A total of 6,563 ballots were cast, with 3,744 (56.89 percent) supporting the ERLC and 2,819 (42.84 percent) voting to abolish it. Eighteen votes (.27 percent) were disallowed. […]
SANCHEZ ‘LAW’ AMENDMENT FAILS PASSAGE AGAIN
DALLAS — Messengers to the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) failed to achieve the required two-thirds majority to amend the denomination’s constitution and bylaws to restrict the title and role of pastor/elder/overseer to men only. The proposal, introduced by Juan Sanchez, pastor of High Pointe Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, aimed to add language to […]
RESOLUTIONS REFLECT SBC’S DOCTRINAL COMMITMENTS, CULTURAL CONCERNS AT DALLAS GATHERING
DALLAS — Messengers to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention overwhelmingly adopted resolutions of support for two time-honored tenets — the Cooperative Program and the Baptist Faith and Message. Resolutions “On the Centennial Anniversary of the Cooperative Program” and “On Honoring the Centennial Anniversary of the Baptist Faith and Message (1925) and Celebrating […]
SBC 2025: SOUTHERN BAPTISTS VOTE DOWN FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY MOTION
Tennessee Messengers Make Their Voices Heard DALLAS — Southern Baptist messengers to the 2025 Annual Meeting rejected an amendment Wednesday that would have required the Southern Baptist Convention to publish detailed financial information like IRS Form 990 disclosures. The vote defeated efforts to force greater financial transparency from denominational leadership and entities, despite growing calls […]
SBC 2025: REQUEST TO COUNTER SUE JOHNNY HUNT AMONG 28 PROPOSED MOTIONS
DALLAS — A request for the SBC legal counsel to countersue longtime pastor and former SBC president Johnny Hunt to recover legal fees incurred by the Convention was among 15 motions proposed during the afternoon session of the SBC Annual Meeting today (June 10). Another 13 motions were presented during the morning session. Hunt sued […]
SBC 2025: IORG RECOGNIZES ‘MEMORIAL STONES’ THROUGH 100 YEARS OF CP GIVING
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 […]
SBC 2025: PRESSLEY WINS SECOND TERM AS SBC PRESIDENT
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 […]