Jimmy Jackson: Change should come from the bottom-up, not top-down
EDITOR’S NOTE: Baptist Press invited the four announced candidates for SBC president to take part in an email interview based on a set of common questions, allowing each to speak directly to Southern Baptists about key issues being discussed leading up the annual meeting in Orlando. The following is the second article in the four-part […]
Leo Endel: GCRTF may speed CP ‘crumbling;’ new works perspective needed
EDITOR’S NOTE: Baptist Press invited the four announced candidates for SBC president to take part in an email interview based on a set of common questions, allowing each to speak directly to Southern Baptists about key issues being discussed leading up the annual meeting in Orlando. The following is the first article in the four-part […]
Jackson endorsed by ‘SBC Majority’ group
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–A self-styled grassroots organization has endorsed Jimmy Jackson for president of the Southern Baptist Convention. The SBC Majority Initiative selected Jackson over two other nominees at the time of its May 12 endorsement: Ted Traylor and Bryant Wright. A third nominee, Leo Endel, announced his candidacy on May 14, but the SBC Majority […]
Minn.-Wis. exec is 4th president nominee
MILWAUKEE (BP)--Leo Endel, executive director of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention, will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention during the June 15-16 annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.
EC search team recommends Frank Page
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Frank Page, vice president of evangelization for the North American Mission Board, will be nominated as the next president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, the chairman of that group has announced.
Korean Baptists to meet in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. (BP)--The annual gathering of the Council of Korean Southern Baptist Churches in America will be June 14-16 in Orlando ...
Nev. pastor to be Pastors’ Conf. nominee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Vance Pitman, pastor of Hope Baptist Church in Las Vegas, Nev., will be nominated president of the Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference next month in Orlando, Mac Brunson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, announced May 4. “In a day when the Great Commission is gaining momentum in Southern Baptist life and church […]
Bryant Wright discusses his SBC candidacy
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following interview of Bryant Wright, one of the three SBC presidential candidates, was published in the April 8 edition of The Christian Index. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–J. Gerald Harris, editor of The Christian Index (www.christianindex.org), newsjournal of the Georgia Baptist Convention, conducted the following interview with Bryant Wright, pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist […]
Ted Traylor discusses his SBC candidacy
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following interview of Ted Traylor, one of the three SBC presidential candidates, is to be published in the May 6 edition of The Christian Index. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–J. Gerald Harris, editor of the Christian Index (www.christianindex.org), newsjournal of the Georgia Baptist Convention, conducted the following interview with Ted Traylor, pastor of Olive […]
Jimmy Jackson discusses his SBC candidacy
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following interview of Jimmy Jackson, one of the three SBC presidential candidates, is to be published in the May 6 edition of The Christian Index. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–J. Gerald Harris, editor of the Christian Index (www.christianindex.org), newsjournal of the Georgia Baptist Convention, conducted the following interview with Jimmy Jackson, pastor of Whitesburg […]
