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Tennessee pastor Spencer nominee for SBC president

Dan Spencer, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Sevierville, Tenn., has become the sixth nominee for president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the 2024 SBC annual meeting June 11-12 in Indianapolis.

04/18/2024 - By Lonnie Wilkey / Baptist and Reflector

David Crowther nominee for SBC first vice president

David Crowther, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Wichita, Kan., will be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention first vice president.

04/15/2024 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

Task force meets with state abuse reform leaders

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force met with state leaders to preview the report it will present to the 2024 SBC annual meeting in June.

04/11/2024 - By Laura Erlanson / Baptist Press

Southwestern Seminary trustees hear encouraging reports

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees heard reports of renewed financial stability and enrollment growth during their April 9-10 meeting.

04/11/2024 - By Southwestern Seminary Communications Staff

Merits of Patterson case argued before appeals court panel

Nearly a year after its original dismissal, attorneys argued the merits of a lawsuit against Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Paige Patterson, the school’s former president, before a three-judge appeals court panel April 3.

04/05/2024 - By Laura Erlanson / Baptist Press

SBC lost more than 1,200 congregations in 2022

According to Lifeway Research’s analysis of the 2022 Annual Church Profile of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1,253 congregations that were part of the convention in 2021 no longer were connected to the SBC in 2022.

04/03/2024 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

NC pastor Bruce Frank nominee for SBC president

North Carolina pastor Bruce Frank will be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention president at the 2024 SBC annual meeting by Tennessee pastor John Mark Harrison.

04/03/2024 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

Adam Groza nominated as Gateway Seminary president

Gateway Seminary’s presidential search committee nominated Adam Groza, vice president for enrollment and student services, as the candidate to serve as the seminary’s next president.

04/02/2024 - By Tyler Sanders / Baptist Press

Louisiana Reach Haiti celebrates safe return of staff

Four weeks after they became trapped in Port-au-Prince, two staff members of Louisiana Reach Haiti arrived safely at the ministry’s Children’s Village in Cap Haitien.

04/01/2024 - By Brian Blackwell/Baptist Message

NC pastor Pardue nominee for SBC 2nd VP

North Carolina pastor J. Allen Murray plans to nominate fellow North Carolina pastor Micheal Pardue to be second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the 2024 SBC annual meeting.

03/26/2024 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

ERLC approves funds for abuse reform task force

Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission voted March 21 to re-designate $250,000 toward the SBC Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force.

03/25/2024 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

Greenway files lawsuit against Southwestern Seminary

Adam Greenway, who was forced out as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in September 2022, filed a personal injury lawsuit against the seminary and the past chair of its trustee board.

03/22/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor