NASHVILLE (BP) – Greg Addison, executive vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, is stepping down. Addison notified Ronnie Floyd, SBC EC president and CEO, of his intention to step down on Oct. 15, according to an email sent to EC trustees and staff on Wednesday. Addison filled a new position for the EC when […]
Resignations at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, including that of President Ronnie Floyd shown in this file photo, has some members calling for a special meeting. By Brandon Porter NASHVILLE (BP) – Officers of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee are planning for a special called meeting of the members. A letter from 25 […]
Ronnie Floyd announced his resignation in an email on Thursday. By Brandon Porter NASHVILLE (BP) – Ronnie Floyd, president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee, announced his resignation Thursday night in a letter to Southern Baptists released by email. Floyd pointed to the decisions made by trustees in a special called meeting on October […]
Editor’s note: What follows is the full text of Ronnie Floyd’s letter of resignation as president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee. Dear SBC Executive Committee Trustees and SBC Family, I was planning to release this letter on Monday, October 11th; however, I delayed the publishing of this letter until […]
Georgia Baptist Mission Board Executive Director Thomas Hammond speaks to church leaders in this file photo. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index DULUTH, Ga. – Churches shouldn’t allow the public relations crisis facing the Southern Baptist Convention to detract from their central mission of taking the gospel to the nations, the head of the Georgia Baptist […]
By Scott Barkley NASHVILLE (BP) – Longtime Convention attorneys Jim Guenther and Jaime Jordan alerted SBC Executive Committee President and CEO Ronnie Floyd today that the law firm of Guenther, Jordan & Price has “no choice” but to “withdraw … from [its] role as general counsel to the Southern Baptist Convention and the Executive Committee […]
By Brandon Porter NASHVILLE (BP) – Members of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voted for the waiving of attorney client privilege within the scope of an independent third-party investigation of the EC concerning the handling of sexual abuse claims. The Sexual Abuse Task Force, assembled by SBC President Ed Litton, was mandated by messengers […]
North American Mission Board is reporting a record high in the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering. BY BRANDON ELROD PITTSBURGH – After a pandemic-influenced decline in 2020, Southern Baptists rallied to give $66.5 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® in 2021, the highest amount ever given to the offering that supports missions in North America. […]
NASHVILLE (BP) — Southern Baptists across the nation will be able to watch the Executive Committee work through a disagreement Tuesday over whether to waive attorney-client privilege as had been requested by messengers to the SBC annual meeting and the Sexual Abuse Task Force appointed by SBC President Ed Litton. The Executive Committee is scheduled […]
Many Southern Baptists are calling for the Executive Committee to take quick action to do what messengers to this year’s SBC annual meeting voted for them to do. By Brandon Porterand Jonathan Howe NASHVILLE (BP) – Pastors and other leaders across the Southern Baptist Convention are voicing their frustration about the lack of progress of […]
By Scott Barkley NASHVILLE (BP) – A five-hour meeting by Executive Committee members Tuesday included debate over three different motions and amendments toward negotiating a contract with the Sexual Abuse Task Force and Guidepost Solutions. The end result brought another agreement to extend discussions another seven days in order to pursue a potential agreement through […]
By Laura Erlanson NASHVILLE (BP) — In its first meeting since messengers to the June 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting called for an independent, third-party review of the SBC Executive Committee, the EC responded to several routine motions and moved to fund the independent review but declined to waive attorney-client privilege for the time […]