CP Stories: Sam and Joanna Choi, Minnesota
Missionaries Sam and Joanna Choi are intentionally planting a church in Minneapolis, MN, that tries to reach unchurched people from different backgrounds and bring them together.
CP Stories: Tim and Annie Tidenberg, West Africa
Missionaries Tim and Annie have faithfully followed God's call even when the specifics of their calling changed. They have served in East Africa, the U.S., and, now, West Africa, resourcing and equipping fellow missionaries.
CP Stories: Jared and Desiraye Davis, Ohio
Missionaries Jared and Desiraye Davis never expected to be church planters, until the Lord clearly called them to start new church new Cincinnati, Ohio.
7 reasons pastors need encouragement today
Chuck Lawless, dean of doctoral studies and vice president of spiritual fFormation and ministry centers at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, understands pastors need encouragement throughout the year. Here are some reasons why.
First Person: Five Things I Learned In Indianapolis
Baptist Resource Network Pastor Ryan Day was a first-time attendee to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis. What he discovered there can make you genuinely optimistic about Southern Baptists' future.
WRAP-UP: SBC officer elections feature many candidates, several runoff contests
A crowded field of candidates led to numerous runoff elections in 2024. After two runoffs, North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley was named president. Pressley is senior pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church near Charlotte.
Pressley leads slate of 2024 SBC officers
North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley, elected SBC president from a field of six nominees, begins his term with two newly-elected officers and two officers reelected during the 2024 SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis.
New IMB missionaries celebrated during SBC annual meeting
Newly appointed missionaries looked around the Indiana Convention Center’s hall at the urging of Paul Chitwood, International Mission Board president. He gestured from the stage to more than 13,000 messengers and guests sent by local churches to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis, June 11-12.
CP Stage: To Iorg, the Cooperative Program is personal
Jeff Iorg, recently incoming president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee told listeners from the CP Stage that the Cooperative Program was personal to him.
‘Accept and bear the weaknesses’ of others, Barber urges in presidential address
In his presidential address at the 2024 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis, Bart Barber challenged messengers and guests to “get cooperation right” by bearing the weaknesses of one another, “even when the other guy is wrong.”