SBC DIGEST: Lifeway to host leadership webinar; WMU names Acteens panel
Lifeway to host ‘Thriving in Ministry’ webinar; Four young women named to National Acteens Panel.
Major medical group comes out against gender transition for minors
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (BP) – The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has issued a statement recommending its members delay gender-reassignment surgeries for patients until the age of 19.
Gateway Bible teaching conference hits record attendance
ONTARIO, Calif. – Gateway Seminary hosted more than 575 lay church leaders, pastors and educators on its Ontario campus for a conference on Bible teaching Saturday, Jan. 31.
Mohler calls students to long-term faithfulness at spring convocation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College marked the ceremonial beginning of the Spring 2026 term Tuesday (Feb. 3) with convocation, gathering faculty, students and staff for worship and to consecrate the semester’s work to the Lord.
Eyewitness testimony in gospels weighed by attorney and a NT scholar
NASHVILLE (BP) – Scoffers of the Christian faith often reject the gospels as eyewitness testimony of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection.
Rick Lance announces retirement plans from Alabama Baptist executive role
PRATTVILLE, Ala. – After nearly three decades, Rick Lance has announced he will retire as executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM). Lance has held the post for 28 years and is currently the longest-serving state executive in the Southern Baptist Convention.
SBC ethnic leader advocates in Ohio for extended TPS for Haitian immigrants
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (BP) – Keny Felix, president of the Southern Baptist Convention National Haitian Fellowship, joined faith leaders from across the U.S. in Springfield Feb. 2 advocating for continued Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for Haitians and the humane treatment of all immigrants here.
ERLC trustees release commitment statement, shorten president list
NASHVILLE (BP) – A recently-released list of commitments by trustees of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission to Southern Baptists was drafted over the last month, chairman Scott Foshie told Baptist Press, but marks the latest step in a longer process.
Finn will not be nominated for SBC recording secretary in Orlando
GREENVILLE, S.C. (BP) – SBC Recording Secretary Nathan Finn says he will not be nominated for a fifth term at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. Finn made the announcement on his blog Tuesday (Feb. 3).
Truett McConnell trustees elect Larry Lyon as next president
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Truett McConnell University Board of Trustees on Tuesday (Feb. 2) unanimously elected Larry Lyon as the university’s ninth president during a special-called meeting at the Georgia Baptist Mission Board administration building in Alpharetta.
