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 […]
Georgia Baptist Mission Board staffer Ovidio Cabrera speaks during a Hispanic church strengthening conference in Savannah on Saturday. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index VIENNA, Ga. – Large numbers of Hispanics arriving in the Bible Belt in search of jobs and better lives are embracing evangelical Christianity with a zeal that is sparking spiritual revival. The […]
There’s a story from long ago about a tenacious little turtle that lived deep in the forest. After hours of great effort, he climbed to the top of a tree, jumped into the air waving his front legs and crashed to the ground. After recovering, he slowly climbed the tree again, jumped, and fell to […]
Dear Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee and the Churches and Baptist Bodies of our Convention Family, When I arrived in Nashville to serve the Lord and our Baptist Family on Monday, May, 20, 2019, I did so with a strong vision and passion to inspire a renewed sense of cooperation, all for […]
By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) – Southern Baptists and other pro-life advocates greeted with hopefulness the news that a date has been set for arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the most significant abortion case in nearly three decades. The high court announced Monday that oral arguments are scheduled for Dec. 1 in Dobbs […]
Hurricane Ida arrived in Port Fourchon, La., around noon Sunday (Aug. 29) as a Category 4 storm. With winds of 150 mph, Ida is one of the strongest storms to hit the mainland United States. (NOAA satellite image) By Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – Sixteen years to the day after Katrina’s historic landfall, Hurricane […]
By Tom Strode NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Southern Baptists and other pro-life advocates praised an unprecedented federal appeals court decision earlier this week that upheld a Texas ban of a particularly horrifying abortion procedure. The full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans reversed a federal judge and its own three-person panel in a […]
Teens who grew up overseas in Southern Baptist missionary families and are now preparing for college and careers spent the week at the Pinnacle Retreat Center preparing for re-entry in the U.S. By Roger Alford CLAYTON, Ga. – Wearing modest, knee-length denim shorts and a T-shirt, a soon-to-be college freshman is hanging out with friends […]
Proverbs 31 Women in Uganda is one of 19 artisan groups who are part of WorldCrafts’ Support Freedom Campaign. These artisans, who are either at-risk or have been rescued from human trafficking, now create handmade items to earn an income with dignity as they rebuild their lives. By Timothy Cockes NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptists […]
IMB President Paul Chitwood is shown here visiting Columbia, one of the many countries where his organization has missionaries stationed. By Paul Chitwood Matthew 24:14 records these words of our Lord: “This gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” […]
By Tom Strode NASHVILLE (BP) – A search committee has been named to find a successor to Russell Moore as president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. On behalf of the ERLC Executive Committee, David Prince, chairman of the commission’s trustees, announced Tuesday (July 6) the selection of Todd Howard as chairman […]
By Diana Chandler SURFSIDE, Fla. (BP) — A day after the 12-story Champlain Towers South Condo collapsed on itself, Pines Baptist Church Pastor Luis Acosta was as close to the smoldering rubble as authorities allowed. Acosta said while at the site Friday (June 25), he sensed on the faces of the victims’ family members gathered […]