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Bible Studies for Life: November 6

November 2, 2022

Meditate on God’s Word • Psalm 1:1-6; Philippians 4:8 By Laura Lee Leathers At the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Baptist Convention on October…

Messengers pass 2023 Cooperative Program budget increase

BIVO OF THE YEAR – Richie Hatcher (right), pastor of Palmer Church, Ripley, is recognized as the Mississippi Baptist Bivocational Pastor of the Year by John Pace, director of leadership at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, during the fourth and final session of the 2022 Mississippi Baptist Convention Annual Meeting Oct. 26 at First Church, Jackson. Hatcher, a graduate of Baptist-affiliated Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain, has been a history teacher at Ripley High School for 17 years. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Messengers pass 2023 Cooperative Program budget increase

October 27, 2022

New MBCB logo presented to messengers at 186th annual meeting

NEW LOGO – Shawn Parker, executive director-treasurer of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB), introduces the new MBCB logo to messengers attending the Oct. 25 evening session of the 2022 Mississippi Baptist Convention Annual Meeting at First Church, Jackson. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

New MBCB logo presented to messengers at 186th annual meeting

October 27, 2022

Hurt, Hanberry to serve as MBC vice-presidents

KING HONORED — Keith Grubbs (left), pastor of Park Place Church, Pearl, and chairman of the Mississippi Baptist Education Commission, commends retired William Carey University President Tommy King (second from left) during the Oct. 25 afternoon session of the 2022 Mississippi Baptist Convention Annual Meeting at First Church, Jackson. King, who has been associated with the university for more than 50 years beginning with his days as a student on the Hattiesburg campus, was joined in the recognition by his wife Sandra (second from right) and Ben Burnett, who succeeded King as WCU president. King received a standing ovation from messengers. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Hurt, Hanberry to serve as MBC vice-presidents

October 26, 2022

Sweatt elected to second term as MBC president

CALL TO ORDER – Mississippi Baptist Convention (MBC) President Lloyd Sweatt, pastor of Meadowood Church, Amory, opens the first session of the 2022 MBC Annual Meeting on Oct. 25 at First Church, Jackson, with a rap of the ceremonial gavel. During the session, Sweatt was reelected without opposition to a second term as president. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Sweatt elected to second term as MBC president

October 25, 2022

Pace receives unanimous vote
to be Southeastern president
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) — Trustees of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary voted unanimously April 21 to install Scott Pace as the entity’s seventh president. He will officially succeed Daniel Akin on July 31. Southeastern Board Chair Carlos Goodrich pointed to Pace’s “love for the local church” and “heart for equipping pastors, missionaries and ministry leaders” during his time as provost as indications the incoming president will carry on the school’s identity as “the Great Commission Seminary.” “Southeastern has a strong foundation, and Dr. Pace brings both continuity with that foundation and the vision needed to lead the seminary forward in fulfilling its mission of training the next generation of ministry leaders,” he said. Pace will continue serving as provost, a role he’s held since June 2023, while adding the new title of president-elect. He will be officially inaugurated at the board of trustees’ fall meeting.