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, […]
Stetzer leaves Wheaton to lead Biola’s theology school
Missiologist Ed Stetzer will serve as dean of the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, a nondenominational evangelical university in La Mirada, California. Stetzer is currently a professor and dean at Wheaton College and executive director of the Billy Graham Center. He is a former vice president of Lifeway Christian Resources and previously served at the North American Mission Board. […]
Saddleback disfellowshipped and spending questions top EC
The vote to disfellowship Saddleback Church from the Southern Baptist Convention may have been the most surprising action by the SBC Executive Committee at their trustees meeting Feb. 20-21, but other news from the meeting may have considerable long-range implications, including spending half the EC’s $12 million reserve in a single year. Six churches were […]