Willy Rice elected SBC president
ORLANDO (BP) – Florida pastor Willy Rice has been elected SBC president. Rice follows North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley, who served two terms in the role.
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Lenow introduced during ERLC annual meeting report
New ERLC President Evan Lenow was formally introduced to Southern Baptists during the entity's report to messengers at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting June 9 in Orlando. Photo by Sonya Singh
ORLANDO (BP) – New Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Evan Lenow was formally introduced to Southern Baptists during the ERLC’s report to messengers at the 2026 Southern Baptist Convention.
GuideStone initiative helps ministers start well, stay well, finish well, Dilbeck says
Hance Dilbeck, president of GuideStone Financial Resources, delivers a report to messengers at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting June 9 in Orlando. Photo by Sonya Singh
ORLANDO, Florida –GuideStone Financial Resources emphasized an enhanced commitment to helping ministers start well, stay well and finish well, highlighted by a new financial discipleship initiative. The news was shared as part of GuideStone President Hance Dilbeck’s annual report to messengers at the 2026 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in regular session June 9 at the Orange County Convention Center.
‘Bearing His Image’ panelists offer awareness, actionable steps to confront sexual exploitation
Bearing His Image panelists are pictured, from left: Jodi Domangue, chief operating officer of One More Child; Rachelle Starr, founder of Scarlet Hope; Ashlee Lucas, anti-trafficking specialist with The Tebow Group; Olivia Littleton, One More Child senior director of survivor services; Julie Lowe, director of NextGen Counseling at The Summit Church in Durham, N.C.; Taylor Hatch, secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families; Brad Eubank, pastor of Petal First Baptist Church in Petal, Miss.; and Kevin Malone, senior advisor on human trafficking for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Photo by Roy Burroughs
ORLANDO (BP) – Anti-trafficking specialist Ashlee Lucas of The Tebow Group shared one instance of a Red Dot Map, a law enforcement visualization of computers in the U.S. accessing child sexual abuse material.
Southern Baptists celebrate 63 new IMB missionaries at SBC annual meeting
Facial and voice recognition advances prevent many missionaries from being identified publicly in connection with their ministry overseas. IMB Photo
ORLANDO – Southern Baptists celebrated 63 new International Mission Board missionaries during the June 9 opening session of the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. As missionaries took the stage and stood on the floor of the Orange County Convention Center, church messengers listened as they described their callings and expressed gratitude for support of their Great Commission work.
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New ERLC President Evan Lenow was formally introduced to Southern Baptists during the entity's report to messengers at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting June 9 in Orlando. Photo by Sonya Singh
Lenow introduced during ERLC annual meeting report
ORLANDO (BP) – New Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Evan Lenow was formally introduced to Southern Baptists during the ERLC’s report to messengers at the 2026 Southern Baptist Convention.
