Nashville, Tenn. | The incorporation papers for Abuse Response Commission — a new 501(C)(3) organization — are prepped and ready to be submitted in South Carolina. With ARC comes a permanent home for abuse reform in the SBC, according to members of the Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force participating in a Feb. 20 news conference […]
SBC EC handles variety of business items, recommends disaffiliations
Nashville, Tenn. | On its final day of meetings, members of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee (EC) approved a recommended $190,250,000 Cooperative Program allocation budget for the upcoming 2024–25 fiscal year. The proposed budget is down $5 million from the current 2023–24 budget year. Budget recommendations will go to messengers for approval at […]
Recap of this week’s SBC Exec Comm meeting
While the anticipated next step regarding who will temporarily lead the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee in the interim period changed mid-way through the trustees’ meeting this week, trustee chair Philip Robertson plans to begin a new search right away. Recently retired Kentucky pastor Dan Summerlin provided this statement yesterday afternoon (Sept. 19) after alerting […]
Howe named interim president of the SBC Exec Committee
In the wake of Willie McLaurin’s sudden resignation, Jonathan Howe has been named interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, the EC announced Friday (Aug. 18). Howe, who has served the EC since 2019 as vice president for communications, will step into that role until the next EC trustee meeting Sept. 18–19 […]
ERLC advocates for life as ‘culture of death’ pervades
“Life is precious.” Brent Leatherwood, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, began his report in New Orleans with an oft-spoken phrase rooted in Scripture. “We know this gift of life, given to each of us by God from the moment of conception, is sacred, and worthy of our fervent prayers, our strongest advocacy, […]
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