A former pornographic actress is expressing concern about a church s use of a Playboy bunny silhouette to promote its Easter service in the latest example of the church using provocative advertising
ANAHEIM (BP) – More than 250 associational missional strategists (AMS), wives and guests had the opportunity to live out their annual meeting theme of “Pursuing Love and Good Works” (Hebrews 10:24), when they gathered to pray for Ray Gentry, the president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational…
Last year, leaders at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting pulled a resolution that would have had messengers declare they “denounce the Capitol insurrection.” This year, messengers might elect a new leader who amplified false claims about the 2020 election.
The selection of Andy Wood and his wife Stacie to succeed Rick and Kay Warren as leaders of the California-based Saddleback Church has triggered shock and fear in some who have worked with Wood over concerns over what they characterize as leadership abuse.
37 percent of Christians say they go to church rarely or never. Can the needle be moved?
Survivors of sexual assault in church settings and their advocates have been calling on churches for years to admit the extent of abuse in their midst and to implement reforms. In recent weeks #ChurchToo has seen an especially intense set of revelations across denominations and ministries.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – The Asian Collective Kickoff in the days before the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting celebrated the emergence of the Myanmar Southern Baptist Fellowship, the SBC’s Diaspora Missions Collective and an Asian-specific Cooperative Program video.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Michael Cabell's flight "inconvenience" during his trip to Anaheim led to a Gospel conversation with a couple going through the worst day of their lives.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (BP) – Mark Clifton opened the 2022 SBC Pastors’ Conference by reminding shepherds of local congregations that there are no unimportant churches and no unimportant places.
Hundreds of women enjoyed learning about missions in Southern California as they traveled on several coach buses June 12 to explore mission venues near Anaheim, Calif., where the two-day Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting will be held June 14-15. While on the buses participants learned about ethnic groups and mission…
fellowship, worship and encouragement in the Anaheim Convention Center preceding the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting.
