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‘God is at work’ despite stormy waters, McLaurin shares with SBC Exec Comm

September 20, 2022 By The Baptist Paper

Willie McLaurin, interim president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee, delivers his report to EC trustees Sept. 19 in Nashville. (Photo by Van Payne/The Baptist Paper)

A call for unity, a presidential search update and a hefty check presentation highlighted the opening session of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s Sept. 19–20 meeting in Nashville. Additionally, EC chair Jared Wellman maintained a streamlined and upbeat approach to the evening event attended by 75 of the 84 EC trustees, 26 of which are […]

Barber urges ‘vigilance against corruption,’ announces 2023 SBC Annual Meeting theme

September 20, 2022 By The Baptist Paper

(Photo by Jennifer Rash/The Baptist Paper)

Bart Barber, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, urged the SBC’s Executive Committee during its Sept. 19 meeting in Nashville to stay “vigilant against corruption,” while also passionately supporting those who are preaching truth in dark places around the globe. During his 20-minute message, Barber also announced the theme for next year’s SBC Annual Meeting […]

SBC task force seeks firm to process, help with reports of sexual abuse

September 16, 2022 By The Baptist Paper

Marshall Blalock, pastor of FBC Charleston, South Carolina, serves as chair of the Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force. (Photo by Van Payne/The Baptist Paper)

The Southern Baptist Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force released its first report Sept. 16 following the group’s Sept. 5 meeting. The report provides background context, the current status of the group’s efforts and intended future steps. As far as its current status, the task force has prioritized the following mandates and requests: •”The retaining of an individual […]

DOJ investigation of SBC abuse updated

August 15, 2022 By The Baptist Paper

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(Editor’s note: The following is from our reporting partners at The Baptist Paper. The Executive Committee will meet online in executive session on Monday afternoon. Details of that meeting are not expected to be made public. This report shows what is known so far about the extent of the Department of Justice investigation as it […]

Tibayan: Finding fulfillment through an ‘unbreakable union with Christ’

June 14, 2022 By The Baptist Paper

P.J. Tibayan (Photo by Sam Evans/The Baptist Paper)

“When a false idea captivates your mind as true – captivates your heart as true – the results can be deadly,” said P.J. Tibayan, pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in Bellflower, California. But through fulfillment in Christ, disaster can be avoided. Tibayan preached from Colossians 2:8–23 on June 13, the second day of the Southern […]

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Meredith Flynn

Breaking the fourth wall

Meredith Flynn

A recent study by Barna had good news and bad news for increasingly polarized Americans. More than 90% of U.S. adults say they welcome different ways of thinking about important topics. But 51% also say their ideas are usually better than other people’s ideas, up from 31% who said so in 2015. And 36% say […]

Nate Adams

Grateful words

Nate Adams

Recently Beth and I joined a group of Baptist pastors and leaders and their spouses for a tour of biblical sites in Greece. For a week we followed the footsteps of Paul from Philippi, through Thessaloniki and Berea, and on to the ancient world crossroads of Athens and Corinth. It would be difficult to briefly […]

The force is with us

Meredith Flynn

Our family’s recent Covid quarantine finally provided my husband an opportunity to introduce our daughters to Star Wars. Over several days, they dug into the space saga until we were all well-steeped in the story of good versus evil. A few days later, we were rushing around the house scrambling to leave for a much-needed […]

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What happens when church leaders encourage mentoring relationships with their team members

Ben Jones

If the church is going to have leaders tomorrow, it’s going to take a new wave of mentoring from existing leadership today. This reality drove organizers of the 2023 Illinois Leadership Summit (ILS) to ask those coming to the annual event, “Which younger leader will you bring with you?” The evidence that many pastors took […]

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ERLC trustees elect Mullin as chief of staff

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Veteran Southern Baptist academic Miles Mullin is the new chief of staff and vice president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. The ERLC’s trustees elected Mullin unanimously upon the recommendation of Brent Leatherwood, the commission’s president, in a special called meeting Thursday (Jan. 26). Mullin became the first addition to the ERLC’s senior staff […]

Why gambling is getting riskier in Illinois

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Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

Baptist Press

(Ed. Note—In our July issue, we reported that Illinois’s very own Sandy Wisdom-Martin told the story of her brother’s recent baptism during her WMU presentation at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Anaheim. We thought we you would appreciate this longer account that shows God’s fingerprints through multiple SBC connections. It’s too good to miss.) […]

A first-time ministry to migrant workers is very fruitful

FIRST-PERSON: A once-feared tribe now spreads the Gospel

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