The most surprising moment in Tuesday’s debate over motions (not related to adoption of the abuse-related recommendations) was the appearance of Rick Warren at a floor microphone. The founding and soon retiring pastor of Saddleback Church, 38 miles from the Anaheim convention center, showed up to address a motion about the role of women in […]
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Scene on Tuesday: A Sea of Yellow
Tuesday afternoon, with over 8,000 SBC messengers checked into the Anaheim Convention Center, there were two questions on nearly every messenger’s mind. These two questions were the focus of the packed rooms in the early morning Baptist Twenty-one and Conservative Baptist Network meetings, across the street from the convention center. First, how would the messengers […]
Barber elected SBC president
Texas pastor Bart Barber was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention in a runoff Tuesday evening, defeating three other candidates. He met Florida pastor Tom Ascol, head of the Founders ministry in the runoff. Barber took 60.87% of the votes case in the runoff, and Ascol received 38.88%. At the time, 8,098 messengers were […]
Illinois responds as SBC adopts abuse prevention reforms
With upraised ballots by an estimated 90% of messengers present on Tuesday afternoon, the Southern Baptist Convention accepted the recommendations to minister to abuse survivors and establish procedures in the convention to prevent perpetrators from moving from one church position to another. “I hope history shows survivors seeing ballots being raised and saying, ‘That’s me […]
Tuesday morning SBC: Game on
This morning the real meeting began, and the convention hall looked like it. The place was packed, with over 7,500 registered messengers in attendance. It was a morning marked by floor debate, the SBC President’s sermon, and a glorious missionary commissioning service. The spiritual highlight of the morning was the IMB Sending Celebration where 52 […]
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