James Merritt, pastor of Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, Ga., speaks to reports in his role as chairman of the 2021 SBC Resolutions Committee. Photo by Eric Brown By J. Gerald Harris Nashville, Tenn. – Serving on the Resolutions Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention is a demanding and challenging task. The responsibilities of this […]
By Amy WhitfieldAssociate Vice President for Communications, SBC Executive Committee NASHVILLE – The submission portal for 2021 SBC resolutions opened today (April 15) at 12:01 am. In accordance with SBC Bylaw 20, proposed resolutions may be submitted as early as April 15 but no later than 15 days prior to the SBC Annual Meeting, giving the Resolutions […]
As in previous years, resolutions may be submitted to the Resolutions Committee up to a week prior to the convention.
NASHVILLE (BP) — Missiologist and researcher Ed Stetzer has been named chairman of the 2020 Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee, SBC President J.D. Greear announced Feb. 11. Ed Stetzer Greear also announced his appointment of Angela Suh Um of Cambridge, Mass., as vice chair. Um will be only the second woman to serve […]
The 198th Annual Meeting of the Executive Committee to the Georgia Baptist Convention will be held at New Hope Baptist Church, 551 New Hope Road, Fayetteville, GA 30214-3799 on November 11-12, 2019. The office of Dr. John Bryan will accept resolutions for the 2019 annual convention until November 5, 2019. Please email resolutions with messenger’s […]
“A church without the Gospel at the center is a church without power.”
The resolution affirmed the Bible as “the first, last, and sufficient authority” …
“It was clear to us that the convention wanted to speak to those themes.”
Index Senior Editor Gerald Harris explains one of 38 resolutions that was not approved at this year’s annual meeting in Dallas, TX.
Many think that this year’s convention could mark the changing of the guard in the denomination.
Those submitting Resolutions should be registered messengers and …