DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) – Entering into an era of change, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship should not forget the vision, mission and values that have marked the organization’s first 20 years, CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal told the group’s Coordinating Council Feb. 24.“As we discern these changes that are being recommended […]
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DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) – After the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship completes a re-visioning process and selects a new executive coordinator, a first order of business should be revisiting a policy that prohibits the hiring of gays and lesbians, the organization’s top elected officer told leaders Feb. 24.
DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinating Council affirmed the 2012 Task Force report Feb. 24, pending adjustments from listening sessions the previous day that will be resubmitted for final approval by e-mail.
In a new video posted to Pray4SBC.com, Southern Baptist Convention President Bryant Wright explains his perspective on the Great Commission Baptists name option to be presented at the SBC annual meeting in New Orleans.
The task force that studied changing the name of the Southern Baptist Convention received 586 distinct name suggestions, with “Global Baptist Convention” leading the way and “Great Commission Baptist Convention” — similar to the informal name that was chosen — ranking in the Top 5, an analysis shows.
The Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity has issued both a fact sheet about the Obama administration’s contraceptive/abortion mandate and a call for support of a bill to restore conscience protections missing from the controversial requirement.
Kentucky Baptists were victorious in their effort to stop seven casinos from being added to the state when a bill fell short of the votes it needed in the state Senate Feb. 23.