2011 State Annual Meeting Roundup

EUGENE, Ore. (BP) — Northwest Baptist Convention messengers elected Oregon pastor Steve Schenewerk as president, welcomed 11 churches into affiliation and approved a $5.1 million budget for next year that eliminates 13 staff positions but increases funding for Southern Baptist Convention causes worldwide. With “Courage, Call & Community” as its theme, the convention’s 64th annual […]

LIMA, Ohio (BP) -- Messengers to the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio passed nine resolutions during their annual meeting.

LIMA, Ohio (BP) — Messengers to the 58th annual meeting of the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio celebrated the theme “Mission Ohio: Reaching the Unreached,” based on Acts 1:8, as they gathered at Lima Baptist Temple in Lima. Ohio’s population exceeds 11 million, yet 6 to 7 million of those are estimated to be […]

MOBILE, Ala. (BP) — Alabama Baptists overwhelmingly approved a $43 million Cooperative Program base budget for 2012 — holding steady from the current year while increasing the percentage of funds going to the SBC missions and ministry — during their Nov. 15-16 annual meeting at Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile. The 763 messengers, representing […]

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Messengers to the 137th annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention adopted an increased budget for 2011-12 and approved two new partnerships Nov. 15-16 at First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tenn. Messengers also said, through a resolution, they are opposed to a name change for the Southern Baptist Convention. An update […]

COVINGTON, La. (BP) — The clock is ticking, Louisiana Baptists were reminded at the 164th annual meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Convention at First Baptist Church in Covington Nov. 14-15. “It’s time to repent of our complacency,” Rod Masteller, convention president and pastor of Summer Grove Baptist Church in Shreveport, said. David Hankins, the convention’s […]

FLORENCE, Ky. (BP) — “More for Christ” was the theme for Kentucky Baptists’ 174th annual meeting at Florence Baptist Church at Mt. Zion in Florence Nov. 15. In the first year of a three-year spiritual renewal emphasis, messengers were encouraged to take up the words of John the Baptist — “He must increase … I […]

PHOENIX (BP) — After a call to seek God’s face and an invitation to attend a convention-wide sacred assembly in January, Arizona Southern Baptist Convention messengers concluded the 83rd annual meeting on their knees in prayer. Preceding the time of what state convention President James Harms called family business, the 244 messengers conducted convention business, […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (BP) — Messengers to the annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania/South Jersey celebrated the theme “Forward in Faith,” based on Hebrews 10:38-39, and appointed a task force to evaluate the convention’s future. A total of 141 messengers and 76 guests from 71 of the convention’s 389 congregations and nearly 48,000 members […]

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (BP) — For the first time in a decade, two candidates ran for president of the Georgia Baptist Convention, with Statesboro pastor John Waters garnering 749 votes over Tifton pastor Fred Evers’ 656. In other business, messengers affirmed the state convention’s Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report, welcomed 65 new churches and missions, […]