Brandon Porter

We host one of our church’s small groups in our home every week. As you might imagine, the election was a topic of discussion on Wednesday night. Our group is widely varied by age and gender. It includes several public school teachers and some students.

NEW YORK CITY – Former seminary professor and North Carolina pastor Matt Queen entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Southern New York Wednesday (Oct. 16). Queen, 49, is pleading guilty to a charge of falsifying documents, according to court records.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Skillet frontman John Cooper says the band wants a revolution. And from recent indications on Apple Music, fans agree. The band has a new album called Revolution coming in November but its first single debuted at No. 1 on the Apple iTunes rock and music video charts in August. Ironically, the song is called “Unpopular.”

NASHVILLE (BP) – The SBC Executive Committee says it has spent more than $12.1 million on the 2021-2022 Guidepost Solutions investigation and subsequent legal expenses dating back to the 2021 fiscal year.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The SBC Executive Committee is set to meet Sept. 16-17 at the Hilton BNA in Nashville. The meeting will include the presidential installation service for Jeff Iorg.

NASHVILLE (BP) – The 2024 SBC Annual is now available online. The book is filled with key reports and information concerning the work of the Southern Baptist Convention and its entities.

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – A settlement agreement between Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and former president Adam W. Greenway was announced Monday (Sept. 9).

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – The 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas will feature a 100th anniversary celebration of the Cooperative Program and President Clint Pressley presiding over his first annual meeting. Dozens of key leaders met at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Thursday (Aug. 22) for a kickoff to begin preparations for the June meeting.

The St. Louis area chapter of Planned Parenthood is setting up a mobile clinic just steps from the United Center where the Democratic National Convention is happening this week.

DALLAS (BP) – Preparations are underway for the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting. The volunteer group preparing the way for Southern Baptists is holding a kickoff rally Aug. 22 in Fort Worth.