The Baptist Courier

1 week ago | baptistcourier.com | David Roach

Messengers to the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention submitted 28 motions in Dallas, narrowly defeated a proposed constitutional amendment and voted not to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission during the two-day session of the Convention held June 10-11. Messengers also voted against a motion by Tom Buck of Texas that the SBC Executive Committee investigate claims that EC mistreated a former chairman. Initially, the motion was slated to be referred to the EC.

2 weeks ago | baptistcourier.com | Todd Deaton

South Carolina pastor Josh Powell spotlighted three qualities of “an approved worker of God” during the Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference in Dallas. “A minister of the gospel must not be interested in creating a reputation for himself,” the pastor of Taylors First Baptist Church said. “The approval of this world surely must not be our desire. “We are here to serve the Lord,” he reminded fellow pastors.

2 weeks ago | baptistcourier.com | Todd Deaton

Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas celebrated two important milestones: the 100th anniversaries of the Baptist Faith and Message statement and the Cooperative Program. Nearly 10,600 messengers registered for the June 11-12 annual meeting, topping the 9,632 tally the last time the SBC gathered in Dallas in 2018.

2 weeks ago | baptistcourier.com | David Roach

“The hour of magnetic concern” had arrived at the SBC Annual Meeting, as the Tennessee Baptist and Reflector put it. The Convention’s confession of faith was the topic at hand. Messengers were debating whether to tailor it specifically to address a cultural flashpoint or whether that would do more harm than good. On one side of the discussion stood the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, on the other a popular writer messengers knew well. Was this a recent event? Hardly.

3 weeks ago | baptistcourier.com | Diana Chandler

The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee is relaunching its abuse prevention and response website with expanded resources to equip churches to create safe spaces for children and adults to worship God unhindered by abuse. An updated Essentials 2.0 curriculum, blog posts from experts in the field, and a centralized landing page for all related state convention resources are features slated for the updated sexabuseprevention.com, with some features already available.