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Lifeway targets frontier states

August 10, 2022 By Baptist Press

Lifeway president and CEO Ben Mandrell speaks during the SBC Associational Leaders Conference in Anaheim June 12.

Illinois native and Lifeway head Ben Mandrell shared the organization’s desire to partner with churches around the globe, including those who have felt underserved. After noting the challenges of leading Lifeway during his first three years as president, Mandrell said he believes the organization’s vision is crystallizing. “We are expanding the boundaries beyond the Southeast […]

First Person: A statement regarding the Baptist Faith & Message and the word ‘pastor’

August 3, 2022 By Baptist Press

Baptist Faith & Message 2000

When the Baptist Faith & Message Study Committee made its report to the 2000 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, the three of us, Charles S. Kelley, Jr., Richard D. Land, and R. Albert Mohler, Jr., were assigned two particular tasks by the committee and its chairman, Dr. Adrian Rogers. First, we were asked to […]

Southern Baptists responding to ‘overwhelming’ Kentucky floods

August 3, 2022 By Baptist Press

Send Relief photo

As surveyors continue assessing the damage done by the historic flooding that has deluged eastern Kentucky, Southern Baptists have begun planning their response. Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR)  teams remain on standby status to serve in Kentucky. Dozens of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteers from across the Southeast have started arriving, and Send Relief, […]

Coach wins prayer suit

July 29, 2022 By Baptist Press

Coach Joseph Kennedy

High school football coach in Bremer, Washington who lost his job because he knelt to pray on the field after each game. Some parents claimed their sons felt pressured to join him. But in a 6-3 ruling, the Court said the local school board violated coach Joseph Kennedy’s First Amendment rights. The opinion said the […]

SBC EC approves 2023 Annual Meeting move

April 28, 2022 By Baptist Press

SBC Executive Committee

The SBC Executive Committee met in a special-called meeting Thursday (April 28) to vote on moving the 2023 annual meeting from Charlotte to New Orleans and receive an update on the cost of the investigation into allegations of mishandling sexual abuse claims. Erik Cummings, chair of the EC’s Events and Strategic Planning Committee, introduced EC […]

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