BP Staff

CSB ‘She Reads Truth Bible’ hits 1 million copies; Christian ventriloquist Geraldine Ragan dies at 76.

Georgia youth pastor charged with felony; Fugitive former pastor back behind bars; Texas church, SBC named in abuse-related lawsuit.

FARMERSVILLE, Texas (BP) – SBC President Bart Barber has announced his appointments to the 2024 Committee on Committees. Adam Blosser, pastor of Goshen Baptist Church in Spotsylvania, Va., will lead the committee as chair, and Elizabeth Graham from First Baptist Church, Concord, Tenn., will serve as vice chair.

APEX, N.C. (BP) – The 2024 Committee on Nominations chaired by Matt Capps has released its list of nominees to fill vacancies on the boards and standing committees of the SBC. The nominations will be presented to messengers for approval at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, June 11-12.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – The SBC’s Cooperation Group announced Friday (April 19) that it would release its recommendations May 1. In a release on its website, the group’s chairman, Texas pastor Jared Wellman, said the release date should allow for ample discussion of the recommendations before the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting.

CUMMING, Ga. (BP) — Reggie Joiner, founder of Orange, and CEO Kristen Ivy have voluntarily resigned their respective posts effective immediately, according to an email sent to ministry partners today. 

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP) — A former volunteer for Immanuel Baptist Church turned herself into police April 17 on charges of sexual assault, first degree.

ERLC to host online event on Christian political engagement; Ben Mandrell guest on ‘Road to Indy’ episode.

GuideStone named 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award winner; Oklahoma Baptist University to mark one-year anniversary of tornado disaster.

SEBTS prison program trains incarcerated women for ministry; Steve McKinion named director of SEBTS PhD program; SWBTS Gospel-Centered Counseling Conference focuses on grief, suffering.