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DALLAS (BP) – A lot has changed for David Sons since mid-April. As the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting approaches in June, Sons is now the chairman of the Executive Committee (EC) and an ex-officio member of a new search team tasked with finding a candidate to the lead the EC.
Patterns of worship are shifting across generations, but academics, pastors, and parishioners agree that churches remain fundamental to Black communities, providing refuge and hope, especially during times of challenge.
Trusting the next generation to take our places is an act of faith.
DALLAS (BP) – In an unprecedented move, the SBC Executive Committee (EC) did not affirm the candidate nominated by the group’s Presidential Search Committee. Jared Wellman, the EC’s former chairman, did not receive the votes needed to become its next president and CEO.
Like most Baptist churches of the day, First Baptist Church of Murray, Ky., regularly hosted missionaries and denominational workers raising financial support. Growing frustrated with so many requesting to speak on Sundays, Pastor Harvey Boyce Taylor tried something new.
New Jersey-based Mendham Methodist Church and Zion Lutheran Church Long Valley have filed a federal lawsuit against Morris County, alleging religious discrimination after the County excluded them ...
NASHVILLE (BP) – The SBC Executive Committee (EC) has a candidate to consider for the entity’s leader. Jared Wellman will be nominated to serve as EC president/CEO in a special called meeting in Dallas on May 1 at noon.
A Tennessee court has ordered a utility provider to turn the power back on at a church-run addiction recovery shelter that had previously been ordered to close by the city as residents were forced to ...
Mike Stone, a prominent Southern Baptist Convention pastor, announced that he has accepted the nomination for president of the SBC, which will hold the election at its Annual Meeting in June
A majority of Protestant senior pastors overwhelmingly rank preaching and teaching from the pulpit as the favorite part of their job, but they are less likely to enjoy other critical responsibilities ...
