New Orleans pastor may become first African-American SBC president
By SharperIron
Feb
08
2012
See also Southern Baptist Convention.
No results are in yet, but a source told Baptist Press that “no one on the 19-member task force believed the word ‘Baptist’ should be removed from the convention’s name.”
The messengers to the SBC meeting voted to ‘hereby affirm our belief in the biblical teaching on eternal [conscious ] punishment of the unregenerate in Hell.’” CPost
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“The 2010 Annual Church Profile showed dips in baptisms, total church membership, worship attendance and participation in Sunday school and other Christian education programs. Declines were also reported in giving categories, but some of that was attributed to the fact that not all Baptist state conventions asked churches for information in ways that make for year-to-year comparison.”