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Effort to compel greater SBC transparency fails

Adam Wyatt, pastor of Bethel Church, Monticello, was elected Vice-Chairman of the SBC Executive Committee at the convention, and also served as chair of the Committee on Convention Finances and Stewardship Development. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Effort to compel greater SBC transparency fails

June 13, 2025

By Ken CampManaging Editor, Baptist Standardand local reports DALLAS — Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting messengers approved a new business and financial plan for convention…

ERLC survives, Constitutional Amendment fails as messengers submit 28 motions

Messengers vote during the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

ERLC survives, Constitutional Amendment fails as messengers submit 28 motions

June 12, 2025

Dockery, Wyatt lead slate of new EC officers

New SBC Executive Committee officers (left to right) are: Todd Stiles (Iowa), Adam Wyatt (Mississippi), Tony Dockery (California), David Twiddy (Florida), Corey Cain (Alabama), Nancy Spalding (Michigan). The Executive Committee met at the Dallas Omni Hotel June 9 ahead of the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, held June 10-11 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. (Photo credit: Sonya Singh)

Dockery, Wyatt lead slate of new EC officers

June 11, 2025

Pressley elected to second term as SBC president

SBC President Clint Pressley presides over the business of the morning session of the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas on June 10. Pressley was elected to a second term. (Photo credit: Elijah Hickman)

Pressley elected to second term as SBC president

June 11, 2025

Mississippi Baptists encouraged by convention fellowship

Sam Ivy (left), Mississippi Baptist Convention Board director of collegiate ministries, greets fellow Mississippi Baptists at the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Mississippi Baptists encouraged by convention fellowship

June 10, 2025

Scholarship honoring Chapman
announced by Southwestern
FORT WORTH, Texas — During this week’s meeting of its Board of Trustees, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced the launch of a new scholarship initiated by the family of Morris H. Chapman to honor his denominational legacy. Chapman, 84, passed away Oct. 20. The Morris H. and Jodi Francis Chapman Denominational Scholars Award is an endowed fund that supports students preparing to serve the denomination as Chapman did as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), 1990-1992, and for 18 years as the president of the SBC Executive Committee, as well as other denominational posts. The scholarship will provide support for a student enrolled in the SBC Annual Meeting course through Southwestern, as well as providing scholarships for advanced research in areas such as denominational effectiveness, the history of Crossover, the Cooperative Program, or the life and ministry of Chapman.  Southwestern trustees affirmed the new scholarship by approving $20,000 in funds from its quasi-endowment fund to support the endowed scholarship.