Nashville | Calling the racial unrest roiling the nation “spiritual warfare,” and saying “unless hearts change, nothing will change in America,” Philadelphia pastor K. Marshall Williams urged Southern Baptists to stand together in unity against injustice. “The world is waiting for us to come together,” said Williams, senior pastor of Nazarene Baptist Church of Philadelphia. […]
Report: Racial healing, Great Commission, Cooperative Program headline SBC Advance
Amid unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as racial unrest and tumult after the recent death of an African American man in police custody, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee offered a healing balm Tuesday (June 2) with SBC Advance. The two-hour online event was not intended to replace the 2020 SBC […]
Southern Baptist leaders issue joint statement on the death of George Floyd
Southern Baptist leaders have published a statement grieving the recent death of George Floyd and calling for the end of “racial inequity in the distribution of justice in our country.” The statement, co-authored by SBC president J.D. Greear and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary president Jamie Dew was unanimously signed by all SBC officers, entity […]
Ronnie Floyd, pastors urge prayer, Gospel outreach as outrage grows over George Floyd’s death
Minneapolis | Southern Baptist leaders are lamenting the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis after a white police officer used a knee to pin his neck to the pavement for several minutes. Floyd had repeatedly said he could not breathe. “I am disturbed, brokenhearted, and deeply grieved when I see […]
SBC entities to report at online meeting June 2
While the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting has been canceled for the first time since 1945, Southern Baptists will still be provided with an opportunity to hear from the entities of the Southern Baptist Convention through an online event June 2 hosted by the SBC Executive Committee. SBC Advance, a two-hour online event, is not designed […]
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