Speaking to a room full of pastors, Charlie Dates warned that what they say now will outlast anything they do. “The Word we preach will outlive our ministries,” said Dates, pastor of Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago. “What you proclaim will outlive what you’ve done.” Dates spoke during the final session of the Southern Baptist […]
SBC
Important resolutions passed with little debate
Messengers to the 2018 Southern Baptist Convention affirmed the dignity and worth of women, denounced all forms of abuse, and called for sexual purity among Christian leaders in adopting 16 resolutions. Because of time constraints at the close of the June 12 afternoon session, messengers approved 14 of the resolutions with a single vote. Revisions […]
Pence appearance overshadows abuse debate
Argument by convention messengers over the last-minute addition of a speech by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence shunted discussion of Paige Patterson’s handling of sexual abuse allegations and subsequent firing. And Pence replaced Patterson as the most controversial figure on the schedule at the 2018 Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas in June. After his firing […]
Pence speaks to large convention crowd
Despite debate surrounding Vice President Mike Pence’s address at the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, the convention hall was packed Wednesday morning when he took the stage. Pence called the SBC “one of the greatest forces for good anywhere in America.” After a few more words of praise for Southern Baptists, he shared his brief […]
Motion to replace VP with time of prayer fails on the floor
Controversy arose Monday when the Southern Baptist Convention’s Order of Business Committee announced Vice President Mike Pence had been added to the Wednesday morning schedule. Debate online and in the convention hall centered on the appropriateness of having a political figure speak at time when the country and the denomination itself is experiencing so much […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- …
- 55
- Next Page »