Dallas, Texas | Jeff Iorg’s election as President and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee March 21 came with sighs of relief across the Convention and in Illinois, where EC Trustee Adron Robinson had led the first attempts to find a captain for the listing denomination. “He’ll do a good job of restoring integrity to […]
Uptown Church rides gospel wave
It started as a weekday worship service to their community, then it exploded as migrants arrived in Chicago. “We’re riding the wave,” Pastor Nick Kim said of the swell of new residents who turned out for a Wednesday morning service. Kim referred to the surfing language used by famed pastor and church planter Henry Blackaby […]
Iorg nomination is a game-changer
Nashville, Tenn. | If Southern Baptists believed in the “Hail Mary” pass—that long bomb to the endzone that, if caught, just might save the game—this would be ours. Jeff Iorg will be nominated to head the beleaguered SBC Executive Committee after two and one-half years without a permanent President and CEO. The surprise announcement came […]
Ga. Exec withdraws from EC candidacy
Nashville, Tenn. | The nominee for President and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee (EC) has withdrawn his name, after the search committee told EC trustees it had a candidate and would reveal his name ahead of their February 19 meeting and vote. He is Thomas Hammond, Executive Director of the Georgia Baptist […]
Summit goers unhindered by ice storm
Springfield, Ill. | Two days of snow that turned to rain then ice threatened, but failed to stop attenders headed to the 2024 Midwest Leadership Summit in Springfield. With 1,000 people from 9 Baptist conventions covering 12 states signed up for the three-day conference, registration was brisk at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Tuesday, January […]
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