Former Southern Baptist Convention President James Merritt (right) will chair the 2021 SBC Resolutions Committee, replacing Ed Stetzer of Wheaton College’s Billy Graham Center. Stetzer would have chaired the committee at the 2020 SBC annual meeting, but the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stetzer informed SBC President J.D. Greear he is unable […]
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GA pastor joins race for SBC presidency
Mike Stone, former chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, will be nominated for president of the denomination during this summer’s annual meeting in Nashville, The Christian Index reported Jan. 13. Stone is pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Blackshear, Ga., and on the steering council for the Conservative Baptist Network, which launched in […]
Vote delayed on controversial new teaching standards
The Illinois General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) was expected to vote during the General Assembly’s lame duck session on whether to uphold or reject controversial new teaching standards some say would require teachers to abandon their religious beliefs. Now the vote has been put on hold. At a Dec. 16 JCAR meeting, […]
CAC taps pastor to lead ministry
Jeffrey Williams will serve as the new executive director of the Christian Activity Center (CAC). The pastor of New Christian Fellowship Church in Fairview Heights has served several years with the East St. Louis ministry as a child sponsor and board member, including two years as CAC board chairman. “I have had the opportunity of […]
IBSA adds to Mobilization Team
Scott Harris will join the IBSA staff Jan. 1 as evangelism director and administrative director of mobilization. Harris and his wife, Teresa, will relocate to Springfield from Georgia, where he pastored Hopewell Baptist Church in Gainesville. Harris was mentored by Bobby Welch, developer of the F.A.I.T.H. evangelism strategy used in many Southern Baptist churches. IBSA’s […]
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