SBC News

ARLINGTON, Texas (BP) – To be on a Zoom call with Jared Wellman is to observe his love for professional basketball. In addition to family pictures, his workspaces are filled with photos, jerseys, basketballs and other collectibles connected to NBA legends.

WASHINGTON (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is applauding a May 1 vote by the U.S. House of Representatives which passed a bill known as the “Antisemitism Awareness Act” amid nationwide protests on college campuses over the Israel-Hamas war. 

NASHVILLE (BP) – April Cooperative Program totals of 3.25 percent below budget goals leaves the CP at just over 2 percent below fiscal year-to-date targets.

When the church is focused on Christ, the unique opinions and preferences among church members no longer create disunity.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Shu Huang said when he moved to Alabama in 1978, he heard the Gospel — and immediately rejected it.

NASHVILLE (BP) — Four recommendations released today are designed to “prioritize and emphasize the authority of messengers in defining the boundaries of our cooperation while clarifying and refining our structure,” said a statement from the SBC’s Cooperation Group. The group was tasked at last summer’s annual meeting to study the issue of what makes a church “to be in friendly cooperation of faith and practice” with the Southern Baptist Convention.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – Lifeway President and CEO Ben Mandrell announced the appointment of Joe Walker as the entity’s new executive vice president and Scott Arvay as its new chief operating officer. Lifeway trustees approved Walker and Arvay in their new roles during a special-called board meeting, May 1.

NEW ORLEANS (BP) – New Orleans seminary professor Preston Nix cites his divine conviction of the need for neighborhood evangelism during his pastorate at Eastwood Baptist Church in Tulsa, Okla., in the mid-1990s.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) – Most people who walk into Freedom Church in Neosho, Missouri, start with a worship service. It’s an on-ramp to the church’s discipleship pathway, a natural starting point on the journey from being a first-time visitor to a growing, serving follower of Christ.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) – Racetrack workers on the backside of Churchill Downs number around 1,000. Pavel Urruchi, who has been the track chaplain since last November, sees it as his mission field. He wants to make sure each one of them has an opportunity to hear the gospel.