The Baptist Press Reports:
Texas pastor and current SBC President Bart Barber and Georgia pastor and former SBC Executive Committee Chairman Mike Stone are the two known candidates to be nominated for SBC president at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting. Louisiana pastor Steve James is scheduled to nominate Barber, and Florida pastor Willy Rice will nominate Stone. More Here
From CHURCHLEADERS:
In the lead-up to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), Pastor Rick Warren has made it known that he will challenge the SBC Executive Committee’s decision to disfellowship Saddleback Church. Most recently, Warren expressed his views in an open letter “to Southern Baptists.” More Here
The Christian Post:
Delegates at the General Council for the Christian and Missionary Alliance voted to allow women to serve in pastoral roles last week. More than 60% of delegates approved updating the CMA Statement of Faith to reflect that, at the discretion of local church leadership, official workers, whether male or female, may use the title of “pastor” or “reverend” for specific ministry roles. Women may be ordained for pastoral roles with the exception of senior/lead pastor roles. Read more.
From CHURCHLEADERS:
Former Southern Baptist Convention president J.D. Greear has weighed in on the controversial disfellowshipping of Saddleback Church from the SBC, a decision that Rick Warren, the church’s founding pastor, will challenge at the denomination’s annual meeting next week.
Deemed by the SBC Executive Committee to no longer be “in friendly cooperation” with the denomination for awarding women the title of pastor and allowing them to preach at weekend services, Saddleback is one of three churches appealing their removal from the SBC. Story Here
Southwestern board releases ‘summary of findings’ over presidential spending
FORT WORTH (BP) – Former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Adam Greenway “engaged in a pattern of spending that … did not reflect proper stewardship of seminary resources” and was “without deference to financial controls and seminary financial policies,” according to a statement released by the school today (June 7).
The statement comes after a May 30 special called trustee meeting where officers were requested to publish a summary of expenditures “related to the President’s home, the President’s office, and any personal expenditures by the former President.” More Here
