“It was a fight to get the landmark abuse investigation to happen. Now, will the denomination be able to overcome divides to enact reforms?” - C.Today
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When Southern Baptists meet [this] week, anything could happen
“Baptism tallies, though, are beginning to recover from 2020’s pandemic plunge.” - C.Today
Related at RNS: Measuring COVID-19’s effect: Southern Baptists report 19% attendance drop
“Pursuant to the Messenger’s Motion, Guidepost must submit its report to the Task Force no later than 30-days prior to the SBC Convention in Anaheim, which begins on June 14, 2022. Thus, the report is due to the Task Force on May 15, 2022” - BPNews
“In what is being called an ‘unprecedented gathering,’ the three announced candidates for Southern Baptist Convention president spent just under two hours answering questions and interacting with one another in a candidate forum Wednesday (May 4).” - BPNews
“The footprint or space needed to hold our meeting is significantly larger than back in 2016 when the city [of Charlotte] was chosen.” - C.Index
“The first VBS materials rolled off the presses in 1971 for use in 1972. The theme was “The Bible: Your Answer” and answered questions about creation, sin, salvation, Christian living, and Heaven.” - RBP
“The Council of Eighteen has begun the search process for the next permanent national representative. Further details will be released as the process unfolds.” - GARBC
The Wisconsin Fellowship of Baptist Churches held its 71st annual meeting this Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 20 and 21, at the Bible Baptist Church of Hudson.
I was an exhibitor for The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry at this meeting, and spent the two days interacting with many of the roughly 130 people in attendance—mostly pastors and wives from independent Baptist churches throughout Wisconsin.
“The ERLC trustees endorsed without opposition a profile presented by the presidential search committee that consists of eight criteria a candidate must meet to fulfill the role of the commission’s next head.” - BPNews
“The Executive Committee had earlier secured Guidepost Solutions for an independent review of its handling of sexual abuse issues; thus, an outside outfit will be doing an ‘independent review’ of how the EC handled aspects of some sexual abuse cases and another outside group composed of Southern Baptists will have oversight of that, the latter group to be advised by a couple more experts in the relevant areas.” -
