1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (379+ words) ST. LOUIS — The executive board of the St. Louis Metro Baptist Association on June 30 elected Michael Byrd, Sr., as the association’s new executive director. Byrd is married to his wife of 21 years, Traci. They have four children and two grandchildren....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (534+ words) BIG TIMBER, Mont. – A six-man team from the Thousand Hills Baptist Network spent a week in Montana in May. According to Larry Gibson, director of Missions of the Network (formerly Association), said the team left May 2 and returned May 9. They…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (766+ words) “I bring the report with a profound sense of gratitude, a keen sense of stewardship, and an enduring sense of hopefulness for our work,” Allen said. Allen described theological education as “denominational stewardship,” explaining that Midwestern Seminary seeks to serve…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (600+ words) ORLANDO (BP) – An amendment specifying the role of pastor and the act of preaching as limited to men, brought by Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler, received the first of two required two-thirds votes by messengers on June 10 to…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (712+ words) ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg championed increased giving to international missions in his June 9 report to the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting, also commending the findings of a Special Needs Ministry Task Force. He encouraged messengers…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (736+ words) ORLANDO – International Mission Board missionaries and staff mingled with participants, as close to 2,000 people filled tables at the IMB dinner Monday, June 8. The event was held in conjunction with the SBC annual meeting in Orlando. The theme of the evening…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (938+ words) ORLANDO (BP) – Southern Baptists must remain unified in doctrine, in spirit and in reaching the next generation for Christ, speakers said June 8 during the afternoon session of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference. Monday afternoon’s speakers at the Orange County…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1194+ words) ORLANDO – Twenty-eight years ago, members from First Baptist Church in Kissimmee began to pray that the church might someday own the field that adjoined their church property. As part of the events surrounding Crossover from June 1 to June 6, the church…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (554+ words) NASHVILLE (BP) – Later this month, for the first time, Southern Baptists will have a chance to adopt a budget that will send 51 percent of all Cooperative Program receipts to the foreign mission field. IMB President Paul Chitwood said the move…...