Brotherhood Mutual / The Baptist Paper Protests occur at worship centers across the country for a number of reasons. Hate groups, social activist organizations, and others spread their message by staging events that provoke confrontation and attract media attention. If demonstrators responding to the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade were to appear on your doorstep this Sunday, would you know what to do? See related stories on Friday’s

Baptist and Reflector ANAHEIM, Calif. — The 2022 Committee on Committees has released its report. Appointed by the SBC president, the Committee on Committees nominates the Committee on Nominations and any special committees that are authorized during Convention sessions.

By Erin Roach Baptist Press ANAHEIM, Calif.  — Southern Baptists publicly lamented the harm their “actions and inactions have caused to survivors of sexual abuse” in a resolution adopted by messengers to the 2022 SBC annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif. Messengers, during the second report of the Resolutions Committee, agreed sexual abuse is an abomination before God which grieves Christ, abandons the demands of Scripture, violates the image of God

Baptist Press ANAHEIM, Calif.  — In addition to new president Bart Barber of Texas (see story HERE), Southern Baptists elected a new slate of other officers, including the first new recording secretary in 25 years. Victor Chayasirisobhon, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Anaheim, Calif., and president of the California Southern Baptist Convention, was elected first vice president. Of the 3,413 ballots cast, Chayasirisobhon received 1,711 votes (50.13 percent)

Baptist & Reflector ANAHEIM, Calif. — Messengers voted June 15 to continue funding the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. North Carolina messenger Joshua Scruggs made a motion June 14 to “abolish the ERLC, with the first of the two necessary votes taking place during the 2022 annual meeting and, upon an affirmative vote, the second vote be automatically added to the 2023 SBC annual meeting’s

By Scott Barkley Baptist Press ANAHEIM, Calif.  — Southern Baptists dealt with a variety of motions presented at the annual meeting ranging from sexual abuse care and prevention to the Baptist Faith and Message and more. One required extended discussion by messengers. That motion, brought by Joshua Scruggs of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Jacksonville, N.C., to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, was defeated by a sizable margin. See

By Scott Barkley Baptist Press ANAHEIM, Calif.  — A motion regarding the North American Mission Board’s ministry assignments dominated the SBC Executive Committee’s report of its recommendations during the June 15 morning session of the SBC annual meeting. Last year, messengers to the annual meeting in Nashville rejected a request for collegiate ministry to be moved from Lifeway’s ministry assignment to NAMB’s. Lifeway trustees approved the revisions in January 2021,

By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] ANAHEIM, Calif. — Southern Baptist Convention messengers took a “good first step” in dealing with sexual abuse issues within the denomination, said Bruce Frank, pastor of Biltmore Baptist Church, Arden, North Carolina, chair of the Sexual Abuse Task Force. During the June 14 session of the SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, messengers overwhelming approved the two recommendations (read full text here) proposed