Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley calls for a vote at the SBC annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, June 10. (Index/Henry Durand)
Members of the choir sing at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Wednesday, June 10. (Index/Henry Durand)
The choir sings with the worship team from Lakes Church, Lakeland, Florida, during the Pastors Conference at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Sunday, June 7, 2026, in Orlando, Florida. (Index/Henry Durand)
Messengers and guests fill the lobby of the Orange County Convention Center for the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Tuesday, June 9. (Index/Henry Durand)
Shane Barnard of Shane and Shane plays during worship at the Pastors Conference on Monday, June 8, 2026, prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. (Index/Henry Durand)
Church planting missionaries Tyler and Ashley Martin laugh during a presentation at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Wednesday, June 10. (Index/Henry Durand)
Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, vote Tuesday, June 9, to suspend standing rule 6 and allow consideration of a constitutional amendment proposed by Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler addressing the office and function of pastor, elder, and overseer. (Index/Henry Durand)
Bryant Wright laughs at a comment from Steve Dighton during a panel discussion at the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference on Monday, June 8. (Index/Henry Durand)
Outgoing Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley, senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., delivers his address to the SBC annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Tuesday, June 9. (Index/Henry Durand)
A volunteer directs messengers and guests to an open registration stand at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Sunday, June 7, 2026, in Orlando, Florida. (Index/Henry Durand)
Brance Long, center, president of the Southern Baptist Conference of the Deaf, signs with attendees at the Lifeway.display at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Sunday, June 7, 2026, in Orlando, Florida. (Index/Henry Durand)
A visitor examines a model of a young female allosaurus at the Creation Ministries International display at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Monday, June 8, 2026, in Orlando, Florida. (Index/Henry Durand)
Paul Chitwood, president of the International Mission Board, speaks during the sending ceremony at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Tuesday, June 9. (Index/Henry Durand)
Evangelist and author Daniel Ritchie, first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, uses his feet to bangthe gavel at theSBC annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Wednesday, June 10. Ritchie, born without arms, was proving a point to convention president Clint Pressley.(Index/Henry Durand)
Pastors, church leaders, and their families gather at the Georgia Baptist Fellowship on Monday, June 8, 2026, prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. (Index/Henry Durand)
Amy Cone interprets for the Deaf at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Monday, June 8, 2026, in Orlando, Florida. (Index/Henry Durand)
Shane Barnard of Shane and Shane performs during worship at the Pastors Conference on Monday, June 8, 2026, prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. (Index/Henry Durand)
Allison Maginnis of the Hickory Grove Baptist Church worship team sings at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Tuesday, June 9. (Index/Henry Durand)
Newly elected ERLC President Evan Lenow listens to a question at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, Tuesday, June 9. (Index/Henry Durand)
A boy plays with a yo-yo given to him at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission booth at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Sunday, June 7, 2026, in Orlando, Florida. (Index/Henry Durand)
Shane Barnard of Shane and Shane plays during worship at the Pastors Conference on Monday, June 8, 2026, prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. (Index/Henry Durand)
