CP TOTAL HITS $20 BILLON
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Since 1925, Southern Baptists have given more than $20 billion through the Cooperative Program to fund its entities and missionaries taking the gospel throughout the world. That news was delivered Sept. 29 by SBC Executive Committee Chief Financial Officer Jeff Pearson on the eve of Cooperative Program Emphasis Month, which is […]
FLOYD RESIGNS AS LEADER OF SBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
By Brandon Porter Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Ronnie Floyd, president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee, announced his resignation Thursday night in a letter to Southern Baptists released by email. (See full letter below this article) Floyd pointed to the actions taken by trustees in a special called meeting on Oct. 5 as the […]
LMCO TOTAL EXCEEDS GOAL, REFLECTS COMMITMENT TO BE A GREAT COMMISSION PEOPLE
By Leslie Peacock Caldwell Baptist Press RICHMOND, Va. — As the International Mission Board closes the 2020-21 financial books, it expects to report a Lottie Moon Christmas Offering total of $177.6 million. This total includes $14.9 million received for specific Lottie projects (often called Lottie Moon challenge or Lottie giving projects) and exceeds the $175 […]
ANNIE OFFERING TOPS $66 MILLION FOR NEW RECORD HIGH
By Brandon Elrod Baptist Press PITTSBURGH — After a pandemic-influenced decline in 2020, Southern Baptists rallied to give $66.5 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) in 2021, the highest amount ever given to the offering that supports missions in North America. North American Mission Board (NAMB) president, Kevin Ezell, announced the total during […]
FLOYD RESPONDS TO ATTORNEYS’ DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM ROLES
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — SBC Executive Committee President and CEO Ronnie Floyd responded on Monday afternoon to a letter he received from Convention attorneys Jim Guenther and Jaime Jordan, who announced they were withdrawing as the SBC’s legal counsel. In the letter — which was addressed to Floyd, as well as EC trustees and Greg […]
LAW FIRM WITHDRAWS AS EC GENERAL COUNSEL
Baptist and Reflector NASHVILLE — The Nashville law firm of Guenther, Jordan & Price informed the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Oct. 11 that the firm will no longer represent the SBC entity because the board of directors voted to waive attorney-client privilege (See story). The letter, signed by James P. Guenther and James D. […]
INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UNDERWAY
By Brandon Parker Baptist Press NASHVILLE — The independent third-party review of the SBC Executive Committee is underway, according to Bruce Frank, chair of the SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force. Frank said the contract among the task force, Guidepost Solutions and Rolland Slade, on behalf of the EC, has been signed. “There are some small details […]
MANDRELLS TALK ABOUT LIFE IN THE ‘GLASS HOUSE’
By Joy Allmond Lifeway news office NASHVILLE — When Ben and Lynley Mandrell left the Denver-area church they planted to answer a call to lead Lifeway Christian Resources, they weren’t prepared for the journey their inner lives would take. On the heels of this seismic shift in ministry assignment, they found themselves in counseling to […]
THREE TENNESSEE TRUSTEES RESIGN AS SBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WAIVES ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE
By Lonnie Wilkey Editor, Baptist and Reflector [email protected] NASHVILLE — Three Tennessee members of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention resigned from the entity Oct. 5 prior to the remaining EC members voting to waive attorney-client privileges — a sticking point in the past several weeks to allowing a third-party investigator to move forward with its investigation of Executive Committee’s […]
EC EXTENDS TASK FORCE NEGOTIATIONS, REMAINS HOPEFUL FOR RESOLUTION
By Scott Barkley Baptist Press NASHVILLE — A five-hour meeting by Executive Committee members on Sept. 28 included debate over three different motions and amendments toward negotiating a contract with the Sexual Abuse Task Force and Guidepost Solutions. The end result brought another agreement to extend discussions another seven days in order to pursue a […]