In its ‘Kairos moment,’ Southern Baptists approve SATF recommendations
Southern Baptists responded with an overwhelming majority in favor of adopting the two recommendations presented by the SATF at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting.
Associational leaders approve full-time leader, seek ways to ‘pursue love and good works’
More than 250 associational missional strategists, wives and guests gathered at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting to live out their theme of “Pursuing Love and Good Works."
Daniel Dickard elected 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference president
Senior pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C. Daniel Dickard is elected president of the 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference.
Sexual Abuse Task Force modifies recommendations in advance of the annual meeting
Changes to the recommendations that Sexual Abuse Task Force members will present to messengers at next week’s SBC annual meeting will address the nature of third-party investigations at the church level, including funding and action toward churches that refuse to respond to an accusation.
Barry Whitworth urges prayer for the upcoming SBC meeting in Anaheim
Barry Whitworth, executive director of the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/South Jersey, urges prayer for the upcoming annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim, Calif., on June 12-16.
Send Relief offers $4 million to fund EC sexual abuse response, survivor care fund
Compassion ministry arm of the SBC, Send Relief, commits $3 million to SATF recommendations and $1 million to establish a survivor care fund.
CP Stories: Kevin and Rebecca Gibbs, Seattle
North American Mission Board missionaries, Kevin and Rebecca Gibbs, moved to Seattle, Washington, in 2019 to plant a church and share the gospel with those in the city.
SATF recommends ‘Ministry Check’ database, Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force
Sexual Abuse Task Force releases 'challenges' to help Southern Baptists move towards better abuse prevention policies.
CP Stories: Joe Brewster, Peru
IMB missionary, Joe Brewster, helped an indigenous church planter in Peru become self-supporting through the creation of a fish farm.
‘Must be a reckoning’: sex abuse survivors respond to SBC Executive Committee statement
Abuse survivors respond to the SBC Executive Committee's public apology and pledge to take corrective measures aimed at preventing sexual abuse.