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2022 SBC resolutions submission portal opens

April 18, 2022 By Baptist Press

SBC 2022 Anaheim

A submission portal is open for proposed resolutions to the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting June 14-15 in Anaheim. In accordance with SBC Bylaw 20, proposed resolutions may be submitted as early as April 15 but no later than 15 days prior to the SBC Annual Meeting, giving the Resolutions Committee a two-week period […]

EC president search team issues call to prayer

March 11, 2022 By Baptist Press

SBC Executive Committee

The team tasked with searching for a new president & CEO of the SBC Executive Committee is asking for prayer. The group also has launched a 21-day prayer initiative and created a day-by-day guide to encourage specific prayers for each day the rest of the month. “As Christians we understand that prayer is essential in […]

Illinoisan to chair EC search team

March 4, 2022 By Baptist Press

Adron Robinson

Chicago-area pastor Adron Robinson was named chair of the six-member search team charged with finding the next president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. Robinson, senior pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Country Club Hills, served two terms as Illinois Baptist State Association president, and was a member of the previous EC search team. […]

McLaurin named SBC Executive Committee interim president/CEO

February 1, 2022 By Baptist Press

Willie McLaurin

Willie McLaurin will be the interim president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. The EC officers made the announcement Feb. 1. Since 2020, McLaurin has served the vice president for Great Commission relations and mobilization at the EC. “We hope that he will help us to reset the tone by which the EC serves […]

EC calls Oct. 5 meeting to consider attorney-client privilege, Guidepost contract

October 4, 2021 By Baptist Press

SBC Executive Committee

The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee is scheduled to hold a special session on Tuesday (Oct. 5) at 11:30 a.m. EDT, according to Rolland Slade, EC chairman. The central issue of meeting is the finalization of an agreement with Guidepost Solutions and the matter of waiving of the EC’s attorney-client privilege as requested by messengers […]

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