The Nominations Committee will soon draft a slate of candidates for at least 30 elected positions in IBSA leadership. In addition to IBSA’s six committees, the Nominating Committee will recommend people to serve on the Association’s three boards: IBSA, Baptist Foundation of Illinois (BFI), and Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services (BCHFS). The deadline to […]
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Counseling for ministers’ wives offered at annual meeting
DALLAS | Counseling for ministers’ wives will be offered for the first time this year at the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas to address trials often experienced in isolation given the unique roles of such women. Ministry wives often have no one to shepherd them apart from their husbands, who are busy with ministry to […]
10 former SBC presidents urge avoiding ‘ultimatum’ with ERLC
An open letter released today (May 22) urges messengers planning to attend the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas to vote to keep the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission as an entity of the SBC should the anticipated motion to abolish it be proposed. Ten former SBC presidents signed the letter that also […]
NAMB purchase completed
The North American Mission Board (NAMB) has purchased the building at 1356 N. Rockwell Street owned by the Chicagoland Baptist Association. The three-story brown brick structure will serve as a ministry center for NAMB and its Send Network operations in the city. The building, which is more than 100 years old, was first a school, […]
Awbrey named to SBC’s Dallas Team
Victoria Awbrey returns to the Registration Committee for the 2025 Annual Meeting in June. She was one of 26 members appointed by SBC President Clint Pressley. The registration committee is called “to supervise the registration of messengers, to oversee the operations of the registration desk, and to rule upon any questions which may arise in […]