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NC’s Pressley to be nominated for second term as SBC president
ROCKWALL, Texas — North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley will be nominated for a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), Texas pastor Michael Criner announced on April 13. “It is my honor to nominate Clint Pressley for a second term as President of the Southern Baptist Convention,” Criner, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Rockwall, Texas, wrote in a statement to the Biblical Recorder announcing his intent to nominate Pressley during the SBC annual meeting being held June 10-11 in Dallas... read more
ERLC trustees hear policy updates, select award recipients
NASHVILLE (BP) — The trustee board of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) heard a variety of updates, conducted business and took time to remember their ultimate mission during their spring trustee meeting on Thursday, April 10... read more
Tennessee church reopens building six months after Hurricane Helene
NEWPORT, Tenn. — Like he’s done so many times before, pastor Tim Grooms went to the pulpit at Riverview Baptist Church at the start of Sunday’s service and offered words of welcome to those in attendance... read more
Astronaut and elder: Wilmore returns home
PASADENA, Texas (BP) — Barry Wilmore attended his first elders meeting in nearly a year at Providence Baptist Church on April 10. His absence was understandable. Wilmore, known by many as “Butch,” had an unexpected extended stay at the International Space Station (ISS) after the Boeing Starliner carrying himself and fellow astronaut Suni Williams developed issues docking with the ISS... read more
Volunteers serve communities, engage in more than 1K gospel conversations in Virginia Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — “I’ve been on mission trips to different places, even local, and I’ve never been able to lead anyone to Jesus. They’d listen to me, and I’d ask, but they’d say, ‘No, I don’t want to pray... read more
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Texas House nullifies NDAs in sexual abuse cases; similar bills advance in Missouri
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Five religious liberty cases loom large as SCOTUS decisions draw closer
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SBC ANNUAL MEETING DIGEST: Hotel update; Volunteers needed
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Pressley provides preview of SBC address at WNC pastors’ forum
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‘Kindness outreaches build bridges between planters, communities
