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Akin challenges Southwestern graduates to run the race well, receives Naylor Award " Biblical Recorder
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (725+ words) FORT WORTH, Texas " Longtime Southern Baptist educator Daniel L. Akin challenged 307 spring 2026 graduates of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College to continue running in God's race with endurance, following Christ's example, during his commencement address on May 1. During the…...
2026 Committee on Nominations Report released " Biblical Recorder
1+ week, 1+ day ago (179+ words) NASHVILLE (BP) " The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Committee on Nominations has released its 2026 report in advance of the 2026 SBC annual meeting to be held June 9-10. Per SBC bylaws, the report is to be released through Baptist Press no later than…...
ERLC trustees give awards, hear presidential search update during spring meeting " Biblical Recorder
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (896+ words) NASHVILLE (BP) " The board of trustees for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) announced their annual award recipients, elected new officers and heard an update from the presidential search team chairman during their spring meeting Friday, March 20. ERLC trustees, meeting…...
Plenty of chances for SBC25 messengers to celebrate CP's 100th birthday " Biblical Recorder
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (528+ words) DALLAS (BP) " As early as 1884, Southern Baptist mission leaders sensed a need for something other than "spasmodic" giving to fund denominational work at home and abroad. "Our people must be taught to give by system," Home Mission Board Secretary (now…...