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  • New EC chair Rolland Slade viewed as pastor of all El Cajon
    by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, June 22, 2020 (4 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

  • In historic election, SBC Executive Committee elects first African American chair
    by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, June 16, 2020 (4 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

  • Racial healing, Great Commission, Cooperative Program headline SBC Advance
    by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, June 02, 2020 (4 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Amid unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as racial unrest and tumult after the recent death of an African American man in police custody, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee offered a healing balm Tuesday (June 2) with SBC Advance.

    The two-hour online event was not intended to replace the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting (originally scheduled June 9-10 in Orlando, but canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic), but instead to provide Southern Baptists the opportunity to hear how God has continued to work through the SBC. Read More

  • SBC Executive Committee to host SBC Advance June 2
    by BP Staff, posted Monday, May 18, 2020 (4 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- While the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting has been canceled for the first time since 1945, Southern Baptists will still be provided with an opportunity to hear from the entities of the Southern Baptist Convention through an online event June 2 hosted by the SBC Executive Committee.

    SBC Advance, a two-hour online event, is not designed to be a substitute for the annual meeting, but will provide ministry updates from and interviews with all SBC entity and auxiliary heads, as well as SBC President J.D. Greear. The event will be livestreamed at SBCadvance.com starting at 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Read More

  • CP tops $101M through six months, COVID-19 impact still unknown
    by Staff, posted Friday, April 03, 2020 (4 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- While the financial impact of COVID-19 is still unknown, the SBC Executive Committee announced today that Cooperative Program giving in the SBC is above budget by 2.94 percent at the midpoint of the fiscal year. Contributions to SBC national and international missions and ministries totaled more than $15 million in March 2020 bringing the six-month national total to more than $101 million.

    As of March 31, gifts received by the EC for distribution through the CP Allocation Budget totaled $101,138,686.43. This exceeds last year's budget contribution of $100,736,376.81 by $402,309.62 or 0.4 percent. The amount given is above the $98,250,000.00 year-to-date budgeted projection to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America by $2,888,686.43 or 2.94 percent. Read More

  • 2020 SBC Annual Meeting canceled
    by George Schroeder, posted Tuesday, March 24, 2020 (4 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting has been canceled for the first time in 75 years.

    Citing authority provided by the SBC Constitution "in the case of grave emergency," the decision was made Tuesday (March 24) in a unanimous vote of a body composed of SBC officers, the SBC Executive Committee and leaders of the SBC's boards and institutions. Read More

  • A letter to Southern Baptists
    by Ronnie Floyd, posted Thursday, March 19, 2020 (4 years ago)

    Our work as Southern Baptists is alive and well around the world. While the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic is affecting our lives and churches, the Lord is using this threatening force to open doors for us to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with the whole world. While communities, cities and even countries are slowing to a standstill, the Lord still reigns in all of His power and glory. Read More

  • SBC Executive Committee chairman names study task force
    by BP Staff, posted Thursday, February 27, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- SBC Executive Committee chairman Mike Stone has named the six members of a study task force that was authorized by the group at their February 2020 meeting last week. Read More