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Iorg stresses EC’s ‘limited but essential function’ under reduced budget

SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg addresses EC members during the opening session of their meeting Sept. 21 in Nashville. (Photo credit: Brandon Porter)

Iorg stresses EC’s ‘limited but essential function’ under reduced budget

September 22, 2026

NASHVILLE (BP) — The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee must concentrate on its “limited but essential function” as it refines its workload under a reduced…

Sexual abuse, doctrinal fidelity, transparency, highlight Rice’s first EC address

SBC President Willy Rice speaks to the SBC Executive Committee on Sept. 21 in Nashville. (Photo credit: Brandon Porter)

Sexual abuse, doctrinal fidelity, transparency, highlight Rice’s first EC address

September 22, 2026

ERLC president Evan Lenow installed and entrusted to serve

Evan Lenow addresses those gathered for his installation as president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. (Photo credit: Followell Photography)

ERLC president Evan Lenow installed and entrusted to serve

September 18, 2026

Lenow emphasizes ‘church first’ at ERLC trustee meeting

ERLC President Evan Lenow addresses trustees at their fall meeting at Mississippi Christian University in Clinton. (Photo credit: ERLC)

Lenow emphasizes ‘church first’ at ERLC trustee meeting

September 17, 2026

Southern Baptists celebrate 46 new IMB missionaries

Southern Baptists celebrated new IMB missionaries at a Sending Celebration Sept. 16. Some appeared silhouetted behind a screen because they are headed to places where the gospel is illegal or dangerous to share. (Photo credit: IMB)

Southern Baptists celebrate 46 new IMB missionaries

September 17, 2026

Longtime Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary
professor James Parker dies
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — James Parker III, who taught Christian philosophy and apologetics at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1999 until his retirement in 2019, died Oct. 23 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 77. Parker joined the Southern Seminary faculty in 1999 as professor of worldview and culture and associate dean of the newly created Worldview and Culture division of the School of Theology. For years, he taught introductory courses in Christian philosophy and apologetics at the master’s and doctoral levels. “Jim Parker loved ideas, and he taught a generation of students to love ideas — understood through the immeasurable riches of the Christian tradition of scholarly reflection and a serious commitment to biblical Christianity,” said Southern Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. “He was greatly loved by students.”