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  • Jack Kwok, Ohio state exec, announces retirement
    by SCBO Staff, posted Thursday, July 30, 2020 (2 years ago)

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) -- Jack Kwok, executive director of the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio (SCBO), announced his plans to retire during a virtual meeting of the state mission council today (July 30). When he retires Dec. 1, Kwok will have led Ohio Baptists for 24 years.

    "Every Southern Baptist in Ohio should be thankful for the steady leadership of Dr. Kwok," said Ryan Strother, president of the SCBO and pastor of Central Baptist Church in Marion. "His love for the Bible and evangelism, his desire for unity, and his genuine love for all people should be qualities for which we all strive as our churches continue to carry out the Great Commission in Ohio and beyond." Read More

  • 2021 SBC Annual Meeting preparations and planning underway
    by BP Staff, posted Monday, July 27, 2020 (2 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- After the cancellation of the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando, preparations are underway for the 2021 meeting to be held in Nashville at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.

    SBC Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd is hosting a video conference call Aug. 11 with Tennessee-area pastors to share more about the event and encourage as many churches as possible to send messengers to the 2021 Annual Meeting. Scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. CDT, the call is expected to last around 45 minutes. Read More

  • As non-whites become majority, youth ministries adjust
    by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Friday, July 10, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    ORANGE, Calif. (BP) -- For Ricardo Vides, young adults pastor at Ministerios Betesda Church in Orange, Calif., approaching ministry from an ethnically diverse perspective is just reality. A more pressing reality all the time. Read More

  • New EC chair Rolland Slade viewed as pastor of all El Cajon
    by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, June 22, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    EL CAJON, Calif. (BP) -- Rolland Slade's longtime friend John Hughes describes him as the pastor of all of El Cajon, a San Diego suburb of more than 100,000 people.

    So much so, said Hughes, that when an ecumenical group of pastors sought to comfort the community after El Cajon police shot and killed an unarmed African immigrant in 2016, pastors called on Slade. Read More

  • SBC of Virginia hosts statewide evangelism meetings via Zoom
    by Timothy Cockes, posted Friday, June 19, 2020 (2 years ago)

    GLEN ALLEN, Va. (BP) -- The SBC of Virginia hosted a series of statewide zoom calls about evangelism during a pandemic, including a call featuring Johnny Hunt of the North American Mission Board on Thursday (June 18).

    Hunt, senior vice president for evangelism and pastoral leadership at NAMB, spoke to more than 80 church leaders about the necessity of evangelism even during this time of social distancing. Hunt emphasized themes such as sharing personal testimonies and pastors emulating the type of missional living they would like to see from their congregations. Read More

  • In historic election, SBC Executive Committee elects first African American chair
    by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, June 16, 2020 (2 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee elected its first African American chair in a special called meeting Tuesday (June 16).

    Rolland Slade, pastor of Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, Calif., was unopposed as EC chair and was unanimously elected by ballot vote. Outgoing chair Mike Stone called for a ballot vote, he said, to mark the historic moment. Read More

  • Panel discussion covers racism, politics and evangelism
    by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Tuesday, June 09, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) – Given the current upheaval race relations in the United States, Vance Pitman, senior pastor of Hope Church in Las Vegas, said the Southern Baptist Convention must seize the tumultuous moment to change.

    "We have to move past as a denomination being ‘not racist,’ to being anti-racist," said Pitman during a panel discussion Tuesday (June 9) hosted by Baptist 21. "That’s got to become who we are." Read More

  • 'Gospel Above All' drives diversity, unity, missions, abuse prevention
    by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, June 09, 2020 (2 years ago)

    Screen capture from J.D. Greear's Facebook page
    DURHAM, N.C. (BP) -- Promoting diversity, unity, missions and sex abuse prevention are goals the Southern Baptist Convention must continue to pursue in order to put the "Gospel Above All," SBC President J.D. Greear said in his 2020 presidential address Tuesday (June 9).

    Speaking from his office at The Summit Church in Durham, N.C., in a virtual format after the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Greear promoted those goals as central to removing stumbling blocks that would make it difficult for unbelievers to come to Christ. Read More