Nashville, Tenn. | A task force appointed last year by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee to study past and current actions of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission released its report Feb. 1. Tasked with determining whether the ERLC’s actions have had negative impact on giving through the Cooperative Program, the group elicited feedback […]
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Student ministry coordinator mourned
Leah Bening, longtime international coordinator at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) Center at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, died January 19. She was engaged in student ministry leadership for over three decades. Bening was a member of Christ Church in Carbondale. “I worked with her for the last five years and she was very encouraging to me,” […]
‘Priority’ speakers announced
Three speakers will lead this spring’s Illinois Baptist Women Priority conference. Evangelist and teacher Anne Graham Lotz, inspirational speaker Betsy Bolick, and women’s leader Missie Branch will focus on “Abide: God’s Spirit in Me,” which is the theme for the April event. Lotz is the daughter of renowned preacher Billy Graham and the author of […]
SBC leaders address race debate
Nashville, Tenn. | The presidents of six Southern Baptist seminaries and officers of the National African American Fellowship (NAAF) met in January following weeks of tension over race relations and a statement released by the seminary presidents. The virtual conversation was convened by SBC Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd after the seminary presidents declared Critical […]
Crowded field for SBC prexy
The race for the SBC presidency gained three additional contenders in January in Randy Adams, Ed Litton, and Mike Stone. They join R. Albert Mohler Jr., who announced his intention to run again after a bid in 2020 was stalled due to the canceled Southern Baptist Convention. The candidates, all who announced much earlier than […]
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