The board of trustees for the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission named an interim president today (Sept. 16) during their regularly scheduled September meeting, held this year in Washington D.C. — longtime denominational leader and pastor Gary Hollingsworth. The vote was unanimous. Now living in the Birmingham, Alabama, area, Hollingsworth retired from full-time ministry in 2023, […]
Illinois missions leader, national Acteens pioneer honored by WMU Foundation
Evelyn Tully of Illinois was honored with the 2025 Rosalie Hunt Devoted Patron Award during the WMU Foundation’s 30th Anniversary celebration event on June 7. Held on the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, following a day of WMU-related Crossover events in the area, 150 people attended the brisket and barbecue […]
Quick look at SBC Exec Comm agenda, Sept. 18-19
For those serving on the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee board of trustees, the regularly scheduled meetings in Nashville in September and February are routine treks. However, this year’s September meeting, which begins with various sub group meetings this afternoon (Sept. 18) followed by the opening plenary session tonight, brings another level of intensity, even […]
Wellman announced as nominee for new EC president; process met with resistance
Texas pastor Jared Wellman, who recently stepped down as chair of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee board of trustees, has been selected as the nominee for the next EC president and CEO. Wellman, 39, serves as pastor of Tate Springs Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, and announced at the end of this morning’s worship service (April 30) a […]