The Clarkston International Baptist Church worship team leads music at the Filipino Southern Baptist Fellowship of North America's 2019 Annual meeting June 10 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. MATT MILLER/BP
Kevin Rance, of Prince Avenue Baptist Church in Bogart, signs his testimony during the Sending Celebration, which was part of the International Mission Board (IMB) report to messengers June 11 at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Birmingham. Rance is being commissioned as an IMB missionary to reach the Deaf Affinity group in Southeast Asia. MATT JONES/BP
The Keely family from Oklahoma, with nine children ranging from 10 weeks to 15 years old, talk with former International Mission Board missionary Allen Hill at the IMB booth June 10 in the exhibit hall of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. After serving in the Philippines with his wife, Emily, Hill went on to serve Georgia Baptists for two decades as a pastor, state missionary, and associational missionary. MATT JONES/BP
Ronnie Parrot, left, pastor of Christ Community Church in Huntersville, North Carolina, moderates a panel June 10 called "Who's Your One?" with, left to right, Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President and CEO Ronnie Floyd, North American Mission Board Senior Vice President of Evangelism and Leadership Johnny Hunt, SBC President J.D. Greear, pastor of The Summitt Church in Durham, North Carolina, and James Merritt, pastor of Cross Pointe Church in Duluth. ADAM COVINGTON/BP
Trent DeLoach, second from left, lead pastor of Clarkston International Bible Church near Atlanta, participates in a morning panel June 11 titled "The Church's Response to Refugees in America" in the exhibit hall of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center in Birmingham, Alabama. Other panelists include, left to right, moderator Jon Akin, director of Young Leader Engagement for the North American Mission Board (NAMB); Bryant Wright, senior pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Marietta; and John Barnett, executive director of Refugee Louisville, Inc. in Louisville, Kentucky. KATHLEEN MURRAY/BP
Dhati Lewis, lead pastor of Blue Print Church in Atlanta, shares the message of Matthew 5:9 – "Blessed are the peacemakers" – June 10 on the last day of the two-day 2019 SBC Pastors' Conference at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala. LINDY LYNCH/BP
Newly elected 2019 Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee officers: Tom Tucker, senior pastor of Sisk Memorial Baptist Church, Rock Hill, South Carolina, chair of the administrative committee; Joe Knott, lawyer, Raleigh, North Carolina, secretary; Mike Stone, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Blackshear, chairman; Steve Goss, physician and president of Mercy Clinic Northwest Arkansas, chairman of the business and finance committee; Rolland Slade, senior pastor of Meridian Southern Baptist Church, El Cajon, California, vice chairman. MATT MILLER/BP
Georgia evangelist Bucky Kennedy, chairman of the Committee on Nominations, presents that group's report Wednesday morning, June 12. SCOTT BARKLEY/Index
Gen. Douglas L. Carver, executive director of chaplaincy for the North American Mission Board, speaks during the opening session of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 11. Carver, a native of Rome, was baptized as an 11-year-old at Dykes Creek Baptist Church in Floyd County. MARC IRA HOOKS/BP
Georgia Baptist Jennifer Bailey, center, of Winterville First Baptist Church, captures photos of her two children, Nathan, 14, and Naomi, 12, as they use straws to blow wind on the sails of miniature sailboats. The game was one of 131 mission experiences at the Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) Missions Celebration June 10 at the WMU headquarters in Birmingham. VAN PAYNE/BP
Alex Kendrick, right, and his brother, Stephen, explain the message of their newest film "Overcomer" prior to a private screening June 11 for attendees of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting . The brothers' modern foray into producing movies came through Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany with "Flywheel," followed by "Facing the Giants," "Fireproof," and "Courageous." MATT MILLER/BP
Sky Pratt, associate pastor for mobilzation at Prince Avenue Baptist Church in Bogart, presents the Committee on Committees report Wednesday morning, June 12 at the SBC annual meeting. Pratt served as chairman of the group. MYRIAH SNYDER/Index
The Ushindi Choir from the Swahili Evangelical Refugee Fellowship of Atlanta in Clarkston sing to more than 1,600 attendees of the International Mission Board Banquet in the Sheraton Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. The group was formed from a church plant of Congolese Refugees. MATT JONES/BP
