As Europe grapples with questions of religious identity, migration and social cohesion, Christian leaders from across the continent and beyond will gather in Stuttgart from March 17–21 for a training and networking event aimed at equipping churches to engage more thoughtfully and confidently with Muslim communities.
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Ministry can be a discouraging profession. But blessing is available for those who will cultivate the type of character Jesus described in the Beatitudes, said speakers on day two of the SBC Pastors’ Conference June 12.
NEW ORLEANS (BP) — Send Network, the North American Mission Board’s church planting arm, hosted pastors and church leaders Monday, June 12, at its NEXT event, which highlighted the kingdom impact local churches can make through church planting.
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- On Tuesday afternoon (June 13), messengers to the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in New Orleans approved six resolutions, including ones on the legacy and responsibility of women fulfilling the Great Commission, the ethics of artificial intelligence, and the office of pastor.
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – In his presidential address, Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber implored Southern Baptists to dwell on the good and beautiful, even during challenging periods. Referencing what can at times be a raucous SBC social media conversation, he urged messengers to dwell upon the good God is…
Messengers in the Southern Baptist Convention will have the opportunity to vote on a measure that would prevent a woman from serving as a pastor of any kind within the denomination, the SBC Executive ...
Ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in New Orleans this week, Saddleback Church founder Rick Warren stressed that he agrees with all of the denomination s beliefs except for its ...
Rick Warren has been mounting a public campaign as he urges Southern Baptists to not kick out churches for ordaining women ministers. While his advocacy sparked recent profiles, that coverage leaves out an earlier time when Warren publicly broke with the SBC over its attempt to draw narrower lines for fellowship.
For a growing number of evangelical pastors, embracing right-wing rhetoric is seen as a way to put more people in the pews — and it may be working.
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Abiding in Christ brings abundant hope, said WMU leaders at the 2023 Woman’s Missionary Union Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting. Held June 11-12 at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary campus, this year’s theme was “Hope in Christ,” based on Romans 12:12.
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- The world’s standards of success are no way for a pastor to measure his ministry, according to the opening session of the 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference. Instead, he must cultivate a countercultural Kingdom character.
