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New Southern Baptist missionaries commissioned

SENDING MISSIONARIES – Seth Polk (left), trustee chairman for Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board (IMB) in Richmond, Va., signs on to the virtual IMB Sending Celebration Feb. 3 from his home church, Cross Lanes Church in Cross Lanes, W.V., where he serves as lead pastor. Greeting him is IMB President Paul Chitwood (right).

New Southern Baptist missionaries commissioned

February 8, 2021

GLEN ALLEN, Va. (BP) – Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board (IMB) celebrated the appointment of 33 missionaries representing 12 states in a virtual Sending Celebration Feb. 3. The new missionaries will serve in…

George Liele’s rich missionary legacy spotlighted with special recognition day, scholarship inaugural

Image courtesy of The Summit Church.

George Liele’s rich missionary legacy spotlighted with special recognition day, scholarship inaugural

February 4, 2021

Report finds ERLC ‘a source of significant distraction from the Great Commission work of Southern Baptists’

SBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – Mike Stone (at podium), Southern Baptist Executive Committee chairman at the time and chairman of the task force formed to investigate the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), addresses the committee in June 2020. Rolland Slade, also a member of the ERLC task force, was elected to succeed Stone at the June 2020 meeting and will serve as the committee’s first African American chairman. (BP photo)

Report finds ERLC ‘a source of significant distraction from the Great Commission work of Southern Baptists’

February 4, 2021

LifeWay selling Nashville headquarters, ‘embracing remote work as the norm’

LifeWay selling Nashville headquarters, ‘embracing remote work as the norm’

January 28, 2021

SBC leaders urge prayer as Biden embarks on presidential journey

INAUGURATION – Joe Biden was sworn in Jan. 20 on the west steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., as the 46th president of the U.S. (BP photo)

SBC leaders urge prayer as Biden embarks on presidential journey

January 21, 2021

Messengers celebrate 100 years
of Cooperative Program giving
DALLAS (BP) — During the June 10 afternoon session of the SBC annual meeting in Dallas, SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg led messengers in celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program giving. Referencing Joshua 4, he shared the story of God instructing His people to gather 12 commemorative stones from the Jordan River and to create a memorial to the miracle of God, who stopped the river so the Israelites could cross on dry ground. The memorial had two purposes, Iorg said. First, it was a reminder in verses 6-9 to celebrate a historic event when the river stopped flowing, and they walked on dry ground. Second, in verses 6-7, it was an object lesson for future generations. In a similar way, throughout this convention, Southern Baptists are erecting memorial stones of 100 years of cooperation demonstrated through the Cooperative Program, Iorg said. “We point to missionaries sent, churches started, students educated, institutions built and most of all, people saved because Southern Baptists have contributed more than $20 billion through the Cooperative Program in the past 100 years.”