“Everyone waits in line.” This is a common saying at the annual summer meeting of Southern Baptists. Every messenger from a local church, every guest, seminary president, and entity head walks the same zig-zagging line to receive their credentials. It’s a bit like saying, “The ground is level at the foot of the cross.” There […]
What’s clear in New Orleans: This is us
The 2023 Southern Baptist Convention was a feast for the senses. Just peruse the Facebook photos of messengers and you’ll understand. Beignets for days. Etouffee. I overheard someone say that the Wednesday night reception at New Orleans Seminary (NOBTS) served 1,250 dozen chargrilled oysters. That’s 15,000 for the math-challenged. I ate my dozen. And that […]
Ancillary meetings forecast upcoming SBC votes
“There are more things that bring us together, really, than the things that separate us,” Anthony Dockery, newly elected SBC Executive Committee vice chair, said during his first press conference. Those things that unite Southern Baptists were on display inside the convention center leading up to Tuesday’s opening of the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in […]
SBC: Saints are marching in
Thousands of Southern Baptists began to descend on New Orleans over the weekend for the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting. Sometimes called the world’s largest deliberative body, over 13,000 messengers plus vendors and guests are expected to crowd into the vast Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on the banks of the Mississippi river. New Orleans is […]
Metro East church plant hosts multiplication meeting
Pastors and church leaders from around the Metro East area gathered in Collinsville May 17 for the second Multiply Illinois Hub. These quarterly regional events are designed to encourage and equip those interested in church multiplication. Heights Community Church, planted in 2016, hosted the gathering in their newly renovated home. With the St. Louis skyline […]
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