Nearly 1,200 people gathered at the Anaheim Marriott the evening of June 12 for a three-hour Conservative Baptist Network event featuring Voddie Baucham and John MacArthur. Baucham is dean of the School of Divinity at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia. MacArthur is pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. Neither are Southern […]
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SBC: The Sunday Scene in Anaheim
A unique energy was present in the hotel lobbies and surrounding streets on Sunday morning, June 12, as the 2022 SBC Pastor’s Conference prepared to kick off at the Anaheim Convention Center just across the street from Disneyland. Families in matching custom-made Mickey Mouse t-shirts could be found munching on waffles at hotel breakfast tables […]
Lifeway president: ‘Let us provoke one another in love’ during SBC 2022
California’s iconic redwood trees offer an apt metaphor for Southern Baptists in these challenging times: “We are stronger together.” That was the message Ben Mandrell, president and CEO of Lifeway Christian Resources, brought to those gathered in Anaheim for the June 12 opening session of the Southern Baptist Convention Associational Leaders Conference. Redwoods thrive in […]
Next Step Stories: Slow and steady like an oak tree
“God’s doing good things, but it’s like growing an oak tree. It’s slow.” Pastor Noah Lee is quick to connect imagery from nature and farming to the local church. It fits well the rural context of Tremont Baptist Church not far from Peoria. It also finds good company in the Gospels, where Jesus often taught […]
IBSA releases response to SATF recommendations for Baptist State Conventions
The SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force released a list of recommendations for Baptist State Conventions June 1 and then revised them on June 8. The Illinois Baptist State Association (IBSA) has released a statement in response to the recommendations which appears below. Illinois Baptist State Association Response to SBC Sex Abuse Task Force Recommendations for […]
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