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Messengers in mood for change at largest SBC annual meeting in 26 years

FROM THE FLOOR -- Messengers to the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting June 15-16 at the Music City Center in Nashville line up at a floor microphone to speak to a motion that was under debate at the time. (BP photo)

Messengers in mood for change at largest SBC annual meeting in 26 years

June 18, 2021

NASHVILLE (BP and local reports) – Messengers from local churches to the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) June 15-16 at the…

Mississippians named to SBC Committee on Nominations

SBC IN NASHVILLE – Attendees at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Nashville tour the Exhibit Hall at the Music City Center in between June 15 meeting sessions. (BP photo)

Mississippians named to SBC Committee on Nominations

June 18, 2021

Alabama pastor Ed Litton elected new president of the Southern Baptist Convention

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Alabama pastor Ed Litton elected new president of the Southern Baptist Convention

June 16, 2021

Woman’s Missionary Union taps New Mexico leader Dixon as new president

Woman’s Missionary Union taps New Mexico leader Dixon as new president

June 14, 2021

Send Conference prior to SBC Annual Meeting in Nashville draws thousands to learn, worship

SEND CONFERENCE CELEBRATION -- Surprise guest CeCe Winans (front, left) joined Michael W. Smith (front, right) to perform the Andraé Crouch classic, Jesus Is the Way, in the opening session of the 2021 Send Conference June 13 at Music City Center in Nashville. The Send Conference precedes the opening session of the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention on the morning of June 15. (BP photo)

Send Conference prior to SBC Annual Meeting in Nashville draws thousands to learn, worship

June 14, 2021

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.