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Floyd urges unity and vision, decries ‘sound of war’

February 23, 2021 By Illinois Baptist Staff

The SBC Executive Committee gathered Feb. 22-23 for the first time since COVID-19 shut down virtually all in-person meetings. The Nashville meeting was marked by leaders’ calls for cooperation amid several public fractures in Baptist life: racial tensions, a dispute between six state conventions and the North American Mission Board, and a recently released report […]

Task force issues report on ERLC

February 3, 2021 By Illinois Baptist Staff

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 […]

SBC leaders address race debate

January 27, 2021 By Illinois Baptist Staff

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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

January 25, 2021 By Illinois Baptist Staff

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 […]

Northwest Baptist exec joins SBC presidential race

January 20, 2021 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Randy Adams, executive director of the Northwest Baptist Convention, intends to run for president of the Southern Baptist Convention this summer, he announced Jan. 20 on his personal website. Adams also planned to run in 2020, before the SBC annual meeting was cancelled due to COVID-19. “Although the 2020 Annual Meeting was cancelled, the rationale […]

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