David Roach

DALLAS (BP) – SBC messengers responded to 28 motions submitted in Dallas by narrowly defeating a constitutional amendment regarding women in pastoral roles and voting not to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC).

DALLAS (BP) – The Law Amendment, abolishing the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) and a proposed revision to the SBC’s Business and Financial Plan were among topics of discussion at a June 10 panel discussion hosted by the group Baptist 21.

DALLAS (BP) – Honoring Christ in the pastorate requires faithful preaching and holy living, attendees were told during the final sessions of the SBC Pastors’ Conference in Dallas June 9.

DALLAS (BP) – Pastors were encouraged to keep their focus on God’s work and God’s approval during the second session of the SBC Pastors’ Conference June 9 in Dallas.

DALLAS (BP) – “Worth Following” was the theme around which pastors gathered June 8 for the opening session of the SBC Pastors’ Conference in Dallas.

NASHVILLE (BP) – “The hour of magnetic concern” had arrived at the SBC Annual Meeting, as the Tennessee Baptist and Reflector put it. The Convention’s confession of faith was the topic at hand. Messengers were debating whether to tailor it specifically to address a cultural flashpoint or whether that would do more harm than good.

NASHVILLE (BP) – It was a challenging time for the SBC’s Cooperative Program (CP). The U.S. economy slowed. Baptist leaders committed embarrassing and costly sins. As some alleged creeping liberalism in the Convention, doctrinal squabbles threatened cooperation.

NASHVILLE (BP) – An SBC entity president has expressed “grave doubts” about the usefulness of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) in Southern Baptist life. The ERLC and its advocates followed those comments with a flurry of defense for the Convention’s public policy Commission.

HOUSTON (BP) – A lawsuit alleges Second Baptist Church in Houston unlawfully changed its governing documents to eliminate the congregation’s power to vote on virtually everything, including budgets and the selection of a senior pastor.

WASHINGTON (BP) – Fighting transgender ideology was part of the “common-sense revolution” advocated by President Donald Trump during his March 4 address to a Joint Session of Congress.