(Editor’s note: Illinois’ very own Sandy Wisdom Martin told a heartwarming story from her home state in her report as WMU Executive Director-Treasurer to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Anaheim.) I want to tell you why I believe so passionately in what we do together as Southern Baptists. Last fall, I was on my […]
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Controversial ERLC survives defunding motion
The SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission survived a ballot vote to defund it, and is poised to fight another day on issues including abortion and expected battles in state legislatures. A plea by Richard Land, first president of the ERLC, capped a brief debate over defunding the sometimes troubled agency that has been accused […]
Scene on Tuesday: A Sea of Yellow
Tuesday afternoon, with over 8,000 SBC messengers checked into the Anaheim Convention Center, there were two questions on nearly every messenger’s mind. These two questions were the focus of the packed rooms in the early morning Baptist Twenty-one and Conservative Baptist Network meetings, across the street from the convention center. First, how would the messengers […]
Barber elected SBC president
Texas pastor Bart Barber was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention in a runoff Tuesday evening, defeating three other candidates. He met Florida pastor Tom Ascol, head of the Founders ministry in the runoff. Barber took 60.87% of the votes case in the runoff, and Ascol received 38.88%. At the time, 8,098 messengers were […]
Illinois responds as SBC adopts abuse prevention reforms
With upraised ballots by an estimated 90% of messengers present on Tuesday afternoon, the Southern Baptist Convention accepted the recommendations to minister to abuse survivors and establish procedures in the convention to prevent perpetrators from moving from one church position to another. “I hope history shows survivors seeing ballots being raised and saying, ‘That’s me […]
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