IMB: THE PIPELINE’S GROWING, BUT SO IS THE NEED
RICHMOND — Four years ago, 300 candidates waited in IMB’s missionary pipeline, considering a call to the nations. That pipeline just surpassed the 1,100 mark, the highest in decades. This means that more than 1,100 individuals have started a process to help solve the world’s greatest problem — lostness — by becoming a missionary with […]
HAWKINS, DOCKERY ANNOUNCED AS JOINT INTERIM LEADERSHIP AT SWBTS
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) — Following a special-called meeting of the Board of Trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Chairman Danny Roberts today announced that trustees have invited O.S. Hawkins and David S. Dockery to provide joint leadership to the seminary during the interim period. Dockery will serve as interim president, while Hawkins will serve […]
CHITWOOD SAYS GREENWAY TO BRING ‘INVALUABLE’ EXPERIENCE TO IMB
NASHVILLE — Former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president Adam Greenway is joining the International Mission Board in a role that “will be focused on training missionaries to address the greatest problem in the world: spiritual lostness,” according to an entity spokesperson today. Greenway made his resignation official Sept. 23 after several hours of online speculation […]
GREENWAY RESIGNS FROM SWBTS CITING SCHOOL’S LEGAL / FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
FORT WORTH, Texas — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced Sept. 23 that president Adam W. Greenway has resigned from his post effective immediately, citing financial and legal challenges the seminary faces as motivations for his resignation. The announcement follows an all-day meeting of the executive committee of the seminary’s board of trustees and the seminary administration on […]
SBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TACKLES REFERRED MOTIONS, DISFELLOWSHIPS TWO CHURCHES
Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee members addressed 11 motions referred from the annual meeting in June, including adding an abuse awareness emphasis, and dealt with budgetary matters during their Sept. 19–20 meeting in Nashville. EC members also approved the SBC Credentials Committee’s recommendation regarding two congregations — that they “no longer be considered a church in […]
‘GOD IS AT WORK’ DESPITE STORMY WATERS, MCLAURIN SHARES WITH SBC EXEC COMM
A call for unity, a presidential search update and a hefty check presentation highlighted the opening session of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s Sept. 19–20 meeting in Nashville. Additionally, EC chair Jared Wellman maintained a streamlined and upbeat approach to the evening event attended by 75 of the 84 EC trustees, 26 of which are […]
BARBER URGES ‘VIGILANCE AGAINST CORRUPTION,’ ANNOUNCES 2023 SBC ANNUAL MEETING THEME
Bart Barber urged the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, during its Sept. 19 meeting in Nashville, to stay “vigilant against corruption,” while also passionately supporting those who are preaching truth in dark places around the globe. See more Executive Committee coverage here. During his 20-minute message, the newly-elected SBC president also announced the theme for […]
AMERICANS’ THEOLOGICAL BELIEFS CHANGED TO SUIT POST-PANDEMIC PRACTICE
NASHVILLE — Americans experienced seismic changes over the past two years, including, for many, how they attend church. The shift in behavior coincides with a shift in theology. The biennial State of Theology study conducted by Lifeway Research found relative stability in some of the religious and cultural beliefs U.S. adults hold. After months of […]
SBC PASTOR PAY STUCK AT SAME LEVEL SINCE 2018
NASHVILLE — As inflation and other economic issues may be stretching most Americans’ budgets, Southern Baptist pastors may be feeling the pinch more than most. A study conducted by Lifeway Research along with GuideStone and Baptist state conventions found compensation for full-time Southern Baptist senior pastors has remained flat over the past four years, while […]
ARITF HOLDS INITIAL MEETING, ANNOUNCES FIRST STEPS
NASHVILLE — A statement issued by the Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force said it will begin by focusing on several mandates, including the retaining of an individual or firm to receive reports related to abuse, the creation of the Ministry Check database and assisting the Credentials Committee toward retaining a qualified firm for assistance in […]