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10 salvation decisions made at IBSA summer camp

June 22, 2022 By Lisa Misner

Campers out on the Lake June 22, 2022 at Lake Sallateeska Baptist Camp.

The second week of kid’s summer camps sponsored by IBSA have started out with record breaking camp attendances at both Lake Sallateeska and Streator Baptist Camps. Truly praiseworthy are the 10 salvation decisions made in the first few days of camp this week at the Lake Sallateeska location. IBSA’s Jack Lucas said the attendance for […]

With SATF recommendations approved, the hard part begins

June 21, 2022 By Lisa Misner

Bruce Frank, chairman of the SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force

“The recommendations before you are not from Guidepost, they are from the task force,” Bruce Frank, chairman of the Sexual Abuse Task Force told messengers as they prepared to vote on a set of history-making recommendations at the SBC Annual Meeting June 14-15 in Anaheim, Calif. The task force was assigned and authorized by action […]

Jones to fellow pastors: ‘What is your motivation?’

June 14, 2022 By Lisa Misner

Daryl Jones (Photo by Sam Evans/The Baptist Paper)

Preaching from Colossians 3:1–11, Florida Baptist pastor Daryl Jones challenged his fellow Southern Baptist pastors to seek Christlikeness while constantly rejecting the old ways of the world. “I am speaking to you, pastor. We think we’ve graduated beyond these 11 verses, but we need to take inventory,” Jones said during the 2022 Pastors Conference in […]

Campaigning for SBC president

June 13, 2022 By Lisa Misner

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Supporters of candidates for president of the Southern Baptist Convention have been especially active on social media platforms in the last few of days leading up to the June 14-15 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. Pastors Bart Barber and Tom Ascol appear to be receiving the most promotion, with retired missionary Robin Hadaway the […]

EC elects officers, amends abuse funding before convention

June 13, 2022 By Lisa Misner

Rolland Slade, right, outgoing chairman of the SBC Executive Committee, is thanked by Willie McLaurin, interim president and CEO of the EC, during a meeting June 13 in Anaheim. Slade completed a two-year term as chair. Photo by Adam Covington

Rolland Slade smiled broadly as he was handed a crystal gavel marking the end of his tenure as chairman of the SBC Executive Committee. The EC, currently comprised of 68 members, met June 13 in Anaheim and online, one-day before the SBC’s Annual Meeting, to elect new officers make budget adjustments prior to its presentation. […]

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