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1 day ago | 
baptistpress.com | Brandon Porter |Aaron Earls |Sue Sprenkle |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): Cooperative ProgramFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: MEMPHIS (BP) – The Ellis Auditorium was brand new May 13, 1925, when Southern Baptists met on a spring afternoon and voted to begin the Cooperative Program. Today (May 13), though the auditorium is gone, Southern Baptists gathered a just few yards away from the original location to recommit to cooperative partnership.
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1 day ago | 
baptistpress.com | Tony Wolfe |Brandon Porter |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Series: First PersonTopic(s): Cooperative ProgramFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: Tony Wolfe is the executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and coauthor of “A Unity of Purpose: 100 Years of the Cooperative Program,” released this month from B&H Publishing.
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2 days ago | 
baptistpress.com | Brandon Porter |Jeff Iorg |Tobin Perry |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Event(s): 2025 SBC Annual MeetingTopic(s): SBC Annual MeetingsFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: DALLAS (BP) – A month out from the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting, there is only one known candidate for each office of the Southern Baptist Convention and SBC Pastors’ Conference. This is a significant shift from recent annual meetings that frequently saw multiple candidates for each office.
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5 days ago | 
baptistpress.com | Timothy Cockes |Brandon Porter |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): ERLCFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) convened a diverse group of leaders from various Southern Baptist fellowships in Washington, D.C., for crucial discussions with members of Congress on Wednesday (May 7).
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5 days ago | 
baptistpress.com | Brandon Porter |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Share this post: DALLAS – Minh Ha Nguyen fue uno de los dos millones de la «gente de los botes» vietnamitas, en su mayoría anónimos y sin rostro, que entre 1975 y 1992 huyeron de un país devastado por la guerra para empezar una nueva vida en Estados Unidos y otros lugares. Nguyen, hijo de un vietnamita fundador de iglesias, destaca entre ellos. Muchos le conocían por su nombre y su rostro (véase este vídeo), porque antes de morir el verano pasado dejó un legado.
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5 days ago | 
baptistpress.com | Brandon Porter |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Share this post: NASHVILLE (BP) – A finales de abril, las contribuciones al Programa Cooperativo se mantuvieron un 3.3 por ciento por debajo de los objetivos presupuestarios del año hasta la fecha, igual que a finales de marzo. Sin embargo, las aportaciones al PC en abril de 2025 fueron ligeramente superiores a las de abril de 2024.
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5 days ago | 
baptistpress.com | Brandon Porter |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Share this post: HOUSTON (BP) – Una demanda alega que la Second Baptist Church de Houston cambió ilegalmente sus documentos de gobierno para eliminar el poder de voto de la congregación en prácticamente todo, incluidos los presupuestos y la selección de un pastor principal. Una de las razones para cambiar los estatutos de la iglesia y los artículos de incorporación, según la demanda, era “asegurar el ascenso” de Ben Young, hijo del pastor Ed Young, al pastorado principal.
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5 days ago | 
baptistpress.com | Brandon Porter |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): FamilyFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – Many of the 30.8 percent of Americans whose mothers have died, as the U.S. Census Bureau counted in 2021, experienced the loss when they were not ready to process the pain. For them and others, such milestones as Mother’s Day come with complicated floods of emotions.
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5 days ago | 
baptistpress.com | Brandon Porter |Diana Chandler |Scott Barkley |Tom Strode
Metadata:Topic(s): Cooperative ProgramFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BP) – Tony Wolfe hopes the 100th anniversary of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program will remind members of the world’s largest protestant movement how interdependent they are. Wolfe is leading a celebration to mark the anniversary June 13.
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1 month ago | 
baptistpress.com | Chris Doyle |Karen L. Willoughby |Brandon Porter |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): International Mission BoardFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: Seth Shelton’s life took a dramatic turn years ago when he embarked on a short-term mission trip to Nicaragua. While there, he felt an unmistakable call from the Lord to ministry. He believed he and his wife, Amy, were going to be missionaries, and then through the next 10 years, the Lord refined his plans.
