ROME, Ga. — Shorter University is honored to announce that filmmaker, author, and speaker Alex Kendrick will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2026 President's Gala. The event will take place on Thursday, December 3rd, and will benefit student scholarships at Shorter University.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) — Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler addressed the media on Wednesday afternoon, June 10, to discuss the purpose of his "Truth and Unity" amendment, leaning on one word to consistently answer a question posed in numerous ways. 

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) — “If you took all the people on our planet with disabilities and added them together, you would have the third largest country in the world, just behind India and China,” asserted Tom Stolle, executive director of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Messengers approved all 12 recommendations presented by the Executive Committee during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The presidents of the six Southern Baptist seminaries presented reports to messengers at the 2026 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary “is now in full compliance with all accreditation expectations” of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, following action by the SACSCOC board on Thursday, June 11, President David S. Dockery announced in a letter today to the seminary community.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – The 2026 Committee on Committees has released its report. Appointed by the SBC president, the Committee on Committees nominates the Committee on Nominations and any special committees that are authorized during Convention sessions.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – The Committee on Nominations has released its 2026 report. Nominated by the Committee on Committees and elected by messengers, the Committee on Nominations nominates members to the Executive Committee and directors/trustees to boards, institutions, commissions, and standing committees of the Convention.

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 800 Georgia Baptists gathered Monday evening in Orlando for fellowship, food, and encouragement before turning their attention to the work of representing their churches at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention elected Florida pastor Willy Rice as president Tuesday, choosing the longtime Clearwater pastor to succeed outgoing SBC President Clint Pressley.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Southern Baptist messengers overwhelmingly approved the “Truth and Unity” amendment proposed by Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler on Wednesday. The constitutional change is meant to clarify how cooperating churches understand the office and function of pastor, elder, and overseer.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley urged messengers Tuesday to live with doctrinal clarity, gospel conviction, humility, patience, and unity, saying Southern Baptists must “walk worthy” of the calling they have received if they are to remain faithful to the mission before them.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Send Relief mobilized more than 60,000 volunteers last year, served more than 2.5 million people, and helped lead to more than 816,000 gospel conversations through Southern Baptist churches, missionaries, and ministry partners across the United States and around the world.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Southern Baptist Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg told messengers Tuesday that Cooperative Program giving remains steady, legal expenses are declining, and the Executive Committee is working to narrow its focus so Southern Baptists can keep their attention on sharing the gospel, making disciples, and strengthening churches.

ORLANDO, Fla. — International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood took to the podium late Wednesday morning, June 10, to bring his report on behalf of the largest Southern Baptist Convention entity. He addressed messengers in Orlando for the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting, bringing greetings and thanks from more than 3,500 missionaries and their 3,000 children.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Before hearing some of the metrics about Southern Baptist mission work in North America during the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando, on Wednesday, June 10, Kevin Ezell brought to the stage several missionaries and staff members who represent the faces behind those numbers.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director of the Woman's Missionary Union, began WMU’s report to the Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday, June 10, by introducing Carolyn Fountain, who was elected president of the missions organization on June 7 during WMU’s Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting in Orlando. Fountain succeeds Connie Dixon, who served as president for the past five years.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) — Southern Baptists, in a resolution, warned against a cultural rebranding of assisted suicide as a form of medical care and reaffirmed their commitment to the sanctity of life from conception until natural death at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando, on Wednesday, June 10.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – Florida Pastor Willy Rice was elected president of the Southern Baptist President during the Tuesday, June 9, afternoon session of the 2026 SBC annual meeting at the Orange County Convention Center.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) — During the 2026 SBC Ministers’ Wives Luncheon, Amy Hannon urged ministers’ wives to consider a fresh perspective on the biblical story of Jesus feeding the 5,000.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission hosted an event on Monday night, June 8, in advance of the SBC Annual Meeting, discussing the importance of Christian political engagement in light of America’s upcoming 250th anniversary.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) — On Monday, June 8, Hispanic Southern Baptists had multiple opportunities to sharpen their skills through morning and afternoon workshop and conference sessions.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) — Velma Chen of Coral Springs, Fla., squealed in amazement. She’d happened to sit at the same table as Gideon Lee of Milpitas, Calif. The two, who had known each other as teenage members of the same church in Hong Kong, met again at the Asian NextGen Pastors Network annual meeting on Monday, June 8, at the Orange County Convention Center, which took place in the days preceding the SBC annual meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) — The primary goal of Christian immigrants in the U.S. is to spread the gospel amid darkness, a panel of Haitian, Ghanaian, and Black Southern Baptist pastors affirmed on Monday, June 8, encouraging Southern Baptists to advocate for the just treatment of immigrants here.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) — Open communion, spontaneous baptisms, and taking the Lord’s Supper to shut-ins all are inconsistent with a biblical doctrine of the Church, said panelists at a 9 Marks at 9 event on Monday, June 8, in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Orlando.