After a troubled year, messengers hear hard but honest reports Prior to their annual meeting in Dallas, Southern Baptists were already wrestling with issues of leadership. The departures of two key Baptist leaders from their posts had frayed denominational nerves and reignited old conflicts. And the upcoming SBC presidential election deepened divides over theology and […]
Pence speaks to large convention crowd
Despite debate surrounding Vice President Mike Pence’s address at the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, the convention hall was packed Wednesday morning when he took the stage. Pence called the SBC “one of the greatest forces for good anywhere in America.” After a few more words of praise for Southern Baptists, he shared his brief […]
Greear gets more than he bargained for
Dallas | J.D. Greear says his election does not indicate a generational shift in the Southern Baptist Convention. But the photos of Greear, 45, with his opponent Ken Hemphill and outgoing SBC President Steven Gaines, both in their 60s, might attest otherwise. “What I don’t think this [election] represents is a passing of the baton […]
SBC: Greear elected president in landslide victory
Dallas | On a contentious first day, messengers to the 2018 Southern Baptist Convention debated whether Vice President Mike Pence should address the Convention, heard a call for the removal of Southwestern Seminary trustees, debated nominations for SBC trustee boards, and disagreed about a variety of other issues. But they also came together to elect […]
Dallas: 2,300 accept Christ at crusade; evangelism task force releases report
The task force charged with studying evangelism in the Southern Baptist Convention has released their final report to be presented this week in Dallas. And at AT&T Stadium, 35,000 people heard the gospel at an evangelistic event held prior to the denomination’s annual meeting. The Crossover Dallas Harvest America crusade followed several days of evangelistic […]