
Gospel seeds left in a tree bear fruit years later
Ten-year-old Mai was in the jungle near her home in Southeast Asia looking for food with her mother when a plastic bag dangling from a tree caught her eye.

Ten-year-old Mai was in the jungle near her home in Southeast Asia looking for food with her mother when a plastic bag dangling from a tree caught her eye.

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced Friday (Sept. 23) that president Adam W. Greenway has resigned from his post effective immediately.

The team tasked with finding the next person to serve as president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee is looking at “11 quality candidates,” search team chairman Adron Robinson told SBC EC members.

Members of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voted Tuesday (Sept. 20) to propose a change in the timeline for submitting and publishing resolutions to be voted on by messengers at SBC annual meetings.

The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voted Tuesday to add a sexual abuse awareness day to be known as Caring Well Sunday to the SBC Calendar of Activities. The first Caring Well Sunday on the SBC calendar will be Sept. 24, 2023.

In his Monday night (Sept. 19) plenary session address to the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, Willie McLaurin urged Southern Baptists to continue to cooperate in carrying out their shared mission.

SBC President Bart Barber preaches at Executive Committee meeting on Sept. 19 in Nashville. (Baptist Press photo by Brandon Porter) Article written by Diana Chandler,

Chaplains can’t directly proselytize, but their presence and words of encouragement naturally lead first responders to want to know the source.

The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission board of trustees named Brent Leatherwood the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy entity in a unanimous vote Tuesday (Sept. 13).

SBC President Bart Barber recently announced the theme for the 2023 Annual Meeting. Pointing to 2 Corinthians 4:5, he said it will be “Serving the Lord; Serving others.”