By Ronnie Floyd While the SBC Annual Meeting is now part of our history, let’s not forget a few of the great highlights. We each will remember some things personally and we will discover others as we dialogue with friends. I want to share a few special highlights I believe are worthy of mention. 1. Seventy […]
Ronnie Floyd presents Vision 2025, a strategic initiative aimed at reaching every person in the world with the Gospel. By Timothy Cockes NASHVILLE (BP) – After two amendments, messengers to the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting adopted Vision 2025, a strategic initiative aimed at reaching every person in the world with the Gospel, by vote of […]
By George Schroeder NASHVILLE (BP) – SBC Executive Committee President and CEO Ronnie Floyd announced Friday (June 11) that the Executive Committee has secured Guidepost Solutions for an independent review of its handling of sexual abuse issues. The move came just days before Southern Baptists gather in Nashville for the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting, and amid controversy […]
Ronnie Floyd is calling for an independent review into how Southern Baptist leaders have handled sexual abuse allegations. By George Schroeder NASHVILLE (BP) – SBC Executive Committee President and CEO Ronnie Floyd has joined Executive Committee Chairman Rolland Slade in calling for an independent, third-party review of how Southern Baptist leaders have handled sexual abuse […]
Nathan Lorick (left) and Jim Richards (right) present a check for $500,000 to Ronnie Floyd to be used for national and international missions and ministry. Photo by Jonathan Howe By Diana Chandler NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC) presented $500,000 from its financial reserves Thursday (May 20) to the Southern Baptist […]
By Ronnie Floyd NASHVILLE (BP) – We need to rediscover the public invitation in worship services across America. Skepticism and criticism from various parties and persuasions have discouraged pastors and churches to such a degree that it has led many to modify or even discontinue public invitations in worship services. When polls and surveys determine […]
Last week, I introduced Vision 2025 and our opportunity to cooperate as Baptists on five strategic actions to stand tall with a passionate vision of reaching every person for Jesus Christ in every town, every city, every state, and every nation. Being all in on Vision 2025 begins now. I believe our five Strategic Actions […]
As Great Commission Baptists, we are compelled with the vision to reach every person for Jesus Christ in every town, every city, every state, and every nation. Our 51,000 congregations that comprise the Southern Baptist network of churches do our best work when we cooperate in presenting the gospel of Jesus Christ to every person […]
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“God has blessed us greatly,” said Ronnie Floyd, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, during his inauguration service on Monday, Sept. 16 at First Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. “We must rise up.” MORRIS ABERNATHY/BP By Grace Thornton NASHVILLE (BP) — At more than 47,000 churches strong, Southern Baptists can […]
