Baptist Associations

“search team chairman Neal Hughes said the team had been ‘blessed’ with a ‘harvest of resumes.’” - BPNews

“The SBC Executive Committee search team says they have resumed conversations with EC Interim President and CEO Willie McLaurin about his candidacy for the permanent position.” - BPNews

Resolutions Committee chair: “I believe that the best resolutions are the ones that seek to state Southern Baptist opinion and not shape Southern Baptist opinion…They help us to clearly articulate what we believe to our local congregations.” - BPNews

“I am excited to see friends I haven’t seen since we left Anaheim. I am certainly a little nervous about how everything will turn out once all the votes are counted.” - SBC Voices

“Barber allowed that the hotline is expensive but countered the high costs by suggesting that it would cost more in the long run if Southern Baptists do nothing to address sexual abuse.” - BPNews

“Doug Crawford is now executive ministry director. …The MARBC is now called Bridge Fellowship.” - GARBC

“Although we did not reach a moment in Anaheim where the messengers were able to vote on these questions, as far as it lies within our authority to do so, we are committed to letting these questions come before the messengers at our 2023 Annual Meeting” - BPNews

Signing an open letter from Pastor Mike Law of Arlington (VA) Baptist Church, “[m]ore than 700 Southern Baptist pastors are calling on the Southern Baptist Convention to prohibit women from serving “as a pastor of any kind” at SBC-affiliated churches.” - CPost

“The home office of Regular Baptist Ministries, including the GARBC, has been located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, since 2015. In a time when the commercial real estate market is experiencing an abundance of available properties for sale, we received a full-price cash offer for our office.” - GARBC

“Regular Baptist Ministries staff members Mark Johnson and Kerry Watkins spent a day at Corban University, planning for the 2023 GARBC Conference that will be held there June 26–29.” - GARBC