CP-fueled missions to highlight Exhibit Hall
HOUSTON (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's effectiveness in Gospel missions will be the focus of the Cooperative Program exhibit at the June 11-12 annual meeting in Houston, featuring interviews with international and North American missionaries, pastors and other ministry leaders.
Pastors at SBC to hear mission challenges
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- Opportunities for pastors to deepen their churches' missions involvement and leave a legacy will be highlighted during an IMB-sponsored breakfast and luncheon in conjunction with the SBC annual meeting in Houston.
Luter names Committee on Committees
HOUSTON, Texas (BP) -- Appointments to the Southern Baptist Convention's Committee on Committees have been announced by SBC President Fred Luter Jr.
2013 SBC Annual Meeting Program
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 2013 8:00 Worship through Music — Charles Billingsley, convention music director, worship pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Va. 8:10 Call to Order — Fred Luter Jr., president, Southern Baptist Convention, senior pastor, Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans, La. Registration Report and Constitution of the Convention — James H. (Jim) […]
Hispanics gear up for fellowship, outreach
HOUSTON (BP) — The National Fellowship of Hispanic Southern Baptist Churches will lead Hispanic Baptists to mobilize before, during and after the SBC’s June 11-12 annual meeting in Houston. Hispanic churches and volunteers will serve in the Crossover Houston initiative “Por Amor a Houston” (in English, “Loving Houston”). Local Hispanic churches are planning a range […]
Ministries hold events for SBC attendees
HOUSTON (BP) — Several Christian ministries will offer events ranging from global missions to the Southern Baptist Convention’s future for messengers and others attending the SBC’s June 11-12 annual meeting in Houston. Among them: — The Fellowship of Baptist World Ministries will host a breakfast June 10 from 7-8:30 a.m. in Room 346A/B on Level […]
Evangelists’ focus: Gospel contextualization
HOUSTON (BP) — Evangelizing North America — a continent where Christianity is declining — will undergird the “Run to the Darkness” theme of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists June 7-9 sessions in Houston. “What we’ve learned all over the world doing international missions is how to contextualize the Gospel, how to communicate the Gospel […]
Directors of Missions’ focus: ‘Missional Living’
HOUSTON (BP) — “Missional Living” will be the theme of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions annual meeting, June 8-10 at Houston’s Second Baptist Church. “So much of life is lived like parallel lines that never cross,” said Johnny Rumbough, SBCADOM president and director of missions for the Lexington Baptist Association in […]
Ministers’ wives to consider their calling
HOUSTON (BP) — Ministers’ wives will consider how they are uniquely called to the Gospel ministry at their annual luncheon in Houston under the theme “For the Sake of the Gospel” from 1 Corinthians 9:23. “Our personal ministries may often be far from the crowd’s eyes. At times our tasks may appear mundane,” Kathy Ferguson […]
Seminaries slate luncheons at Houston SBC
HOUSTON (BP) — Alumni and friends of Southern Baptists’ six seminaries will gather Wednesday, June 12, in Houston to hear updates from their respective schools and renew their friendships. The noontime luncheons will be held in conjunction with the June 11-12 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center. […]
