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North Carolina pastor Bruce Frank to be nominated for SBC president in Indianapolis

April 2, 2024 By Brandon Porter, Baptist Press

Bruce Frank

Knoxville, Tenn. |  North Carolina pastor Bruce Frank will be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention president at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting. Frank will be nominated by Tennessee pastor John Mark Harrison. “I have known Bruce personally for many years. When I led student ministry at Biltmore Church, Bruce became the pastor, and our plateaued […]

Jeff Iorg elected to lead SBC Executive Committee

March 22, 2024 By Brandon Porter, Baptist Press

Jeff Iorg

Jeff Iorg will become the eighth leader of the SBC Executive Committee. Iorg received a unanimous vote from 60 EC members at a special-called EC meeting March 21. He is the first unanimously elected EC president since Harold Bennett in 1979. Iorg, 65, will serve as president-elect until his tenure as president of Gateway Seminary […]

DOJ concludes Executive Committee investigation; ‘no further action’

March 7, 2024 By Brandon Porter, Baptist Press

DOJ concludes Executive Committee investigation

Nashville, Tenn. | The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded its investigation of the SBC Executive Committee, Southern Baptist leaders learned Feb. 29. In a statement today, Jonathan Howe, interim SBC EC president/CEO, said the DOJ has told the EC’s legal counsel there is “no further action to be taken.” Email requests for comment from […]

EC president/CEO candidate withdraws from search process

January 23, 2024 By Brandon Porter, Baptist Press

SBC Executive Committee

Nashville | The chairman of the team searching for the next leader of the SBC Executive Committee has let the members know their candidate has withdrawn his name. A release from search team chair Neal Hughes was sent to EC members on Tuesday morning. The group had announced Jan. 8 that they planned to bring a candidate […]

SBC Cooperation Group to survey Southern Baptist churches

October 27, 2023 By Brandon Porter, Baptist Press

Church stock art

Nashville, Tenn. | The SBC’s Cooperation Group is asking Southern Baptist churches to complete a survey to provide key information for their research. The group is working to present a report to messengers next June at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis that could reassert or more closely define what it means for a church […]

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Scott Foshie and Heartland interns

Foshie: Seeking Spirit-led momentum

Scott Foshie

As a young man starting out in ministry, I was reminded by mentors many times that “serving the Lord is a marathon, not a sprint.” This admonition continues to ring true as we launch into this new season of Illinois Baptist life. While we celebrate many signs of growing Spirit-led momentum in our Great Commission […]

Mark Emerson

Worth every effort

Mark Emerson

When the news came, I was tired—Day 4 of VBS tired. Tired had been the theme of every drive home with my wife that week. Somewhere along the way I had finally asked the question only the overly weary ask: “How long are we going to keep this up?” Months of planning had become weeks […]

Messengers close loophole

Eric Reed

It seemed like no big deal at the time. Messengers quickly voted for a change to the Baptist Faith and Message in 2023, there was no great debate. The motion came up and it kind of slid through—and that’s the problem. In 2026 they voted to prevent that from ever happening again. At the 2026 […]

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Final claim dismissed in Johnny Hunt lawsuit

Scott Barkley

Nashville | A U.S. district court has once again sided with the Southern Baptist Convention and other defendants in a suit brought by former SBC President Johnny Hunt. Chief District Judge William L. Campbell Jr., of the Middle District of Tennessee issued today (August 12) a final summary judgment on the only remaining claim in the […]

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Scott Foshie and Hispanic pastors in Chicagoland

Good signs (so far)

Illinois Baptist Staff

Springfield | In church life, some summers are marked by a slump—in giving, attendance or attitude. But not this year, and especially not for IBSA. With the new administration now entering its second quarter, there are notable signs of positive attitudes in the network of churches. Some observations are anecdotal, with stories coming from the […]

IMB missionary dies while serving in the Philippines

Young returns to IBSA team

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World Cup scores for digital witness

Illinois Baptist Staff

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup roared to a close and Spain left holding the trophy, Southern Baptist churches and missionaries around the world prayed for impact that outlasts the hardware. Southern Baptists mission boards joined churches and associations in digital and in-person outreach, as North America hosted the World Cup for the first time […]

IMB trustees appoint new missionaries, elect first woman chair

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