Posts published in “SBC”

SBC Executive Committee chairman calls churches to higher standard regarding sex abuse

SBC Executive Committee chairman calls churches to higher standard regarding sex abuse

September 25, 2020

EL CAJON, Calif. (BP and local reports) – Rolland Slade is perplexed that certain secular institutions have the good sense to strip professional credentials from…

Southern Baptists near 500,000 meals prepared during hurricane responses

Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteers serve Hurricane Laura survivors in Lake Charles, La. SBDR has prepared nearly half a million meals for hurricane survivors this year. (Photo by North American Mission Board)

Southern Baptists near 500,000 meals prepared during hurricane responses

September 25, 2020

SBC President Greear announces 2021 Annual Meeting theme

SBC President Greear announces 2021 Annual Meeting theme

September 17, 2020

NAMB launches new racial reconciliation resource for churches

Dhati Lewis, vice president of the North American Mission Board’s church planting arm, Send Network, interacts with other leaders during the filming of Undvided: More than a Hashtag. The resource is a series of five video sessions with dialogue between churches leaders about racial reconciliation. (NAMB photo)

NAMB launches new racial reconciliation resource for churches

August 27, 2020

Churches helping students thrive as COVID-19 delays school reopenings

Churches helping students thrive as COVID-19 delays school reopenings

August 26, 2020

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.”