SBC Archive

NAMB commissions Geoff Hammond as president   Nov/Dec 2007

Rainer:  Biblical fidelity, ministry guide LifeWay   October 2007

IMB trustees celebrate record offering   September 2007

San Antonio -- the SBC annual convention   June/July 2007

The L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture:  Why?   May 2007

Christians must avoid 'the line' of temptation   May 2007

Geoff Hammond to Lead NAMB!   April 2007

$58.4 million offering is record for North American missions   April 2007

2nd largest group of missionaries & chaplains commissioned by NAMB   April 2007

Online registration opens for 2007 SBC in San Antonio   April 2007

CP giving, up 6.05% over last year   April 2007

BF&M noted as a worthy guide for SBC entity trustees   April 2007

Breakthroughs for the Gospel seen in annual IMB statistics   March 2007

Array of data available to SBC churches from research center   March 2007

RSS alerts, Facts & Trends latest LifeWay cyber resources   March 2007

Baptist writer:  Unregenerate church members might spell R.I.P. for SBC   February 2007

SWBTS takes stance against Pentecostal/charismatic doctrine   February 2007

State Wrap 2006  January 2007

Forged by Faith   Nov/Dec 2006

Taking a Stand, Guarding our Heritage   Nov/Dec 2006

Giving to reach the world   Nov/Dec 2006

SBC-sponsored seminary courses available across U.S.    Nov/Dec 2006

Thank you, Southern Baptists   Nov/Dec 2006

Standing Firm:  A strong faith strongly held    October 2006

What now?   October 2006

NAMB honors 18 state conventions for church planting & evangelism   October 2006

Give Him the Glory!   August 2006

Greensboro Impact   August 2006

Compare the Education Resolution Passed by the Reformed Presbyterian Church with its SBC Counterpart   August 2006

CP contributions, designated gifts ahead of 2005   August 2006

SBC Greensboro:  A Lot of Action   June/July 2006

Cooperative Program at the Crossroads   June/July 2006

FY 2005 stats:  Southern Baptists experience drop in baptisms; giving & membership grow   June/July 2006

Younger leaders and the SBC   June/July 2006

Strengthened degree requirements approved by SEBTS trustees   June/July 2006

Reccord resigns as NAMB president   May 2006

Baptist Faith and Message, Article 17: Religious Liberty   May 2006

Will Southern Baptists keep their eyes on the ball?   March 2006

Is "The Battle for the Bible" Really Over?   March 2006

Which Denomination, Which Convention?  February 2006

State Wrap 2005  January 2006

Challenges   January 2006

Baptist relief not interested in government funds, Reccord says    November/December  2005

Jim Hefley's final volume on SBC controversy re- released   November/December 2005

Cooperative Program tops budget by $12.5 million; gains to aid Southern Baptists in disaster recovery   November/December 2005

$10 million in low-interest loans to aid SBC churches hit by Katrina   October 2005

Task force calls for changes in CP focus, strategy, cooperation   October 2005

Katrina Digest      October 2005

Correction    October 2005

Thom S. Rained recommended as LifeWay's president-elect   September 2005

Baptist Faith and Message, Article 11:  Evangelism & Missions   August 2005

How do we measure up?   August 2005

God is at work at Southeastern, Akin tells luncheon attendees   August 2005

Needed:  An Exit Strategy   August 2005

SBC leaders gather with European Baptists to discuss new network   August 2005

Virginians Appointed or Elected   August 2005

WRAP-UP:  Southern Baptists focus on evangelism, hear from President Bush at Nashville meeting   June/July 2005

Baptist Faith and Message, Article 10:  Last Things   June/July 2005

Personal Notes on the SBC in Nashville   June/July 2005

Researcher offers 'modest proposal' for increasing baptisms in SBC   June/July 2005

SBC Resolution on Educating Children   June/July 2005

SBC's 'Conservative Resurgence' examined in seminary journal   June/July 2005

A Different Look at the Frog   May 2005

Baptist Faith and Message, Article 9:  The Kingdom   May 2005

Resolution Committee appointed for SBC meeting in Nashville   May 2005

Patterson explains motivation for conservative revival in a new booklet   May 2005

The Need for Both Frogs and Tadpoles   May 2005

Baptist Faith and Message, Article 8:  The Lord's Day   April 2005

To guard the future, 10 mandates urged for Southern Baptist Convention   April 2005

New Orleans' sole membership status moves toward vote at SBC in June   April 2005

10 years of racial progress in the SBC   March 2005

Baptist Faith and Message, Article 7b:  The Lord's Supper   March 2005

New book explores lives, legacies of Southern Baptist Convention presidents   March 2005

A Baptist's Views   February 2005

CP giving grows by 3.64%, best gain in four years   Nov/Dec 2004

Kelley assesses:  'Why bother with Southern Baptist Convention?'   Nov/Dec 2004

NAMB trustees approve guidelines for church starts   Nov/Dec 2004

SEBTS trustees affirm statements on inerrancy, gender roles   Sep/Oct 2004

The frog isn't cooked yet   Sep/Oct 2004

CP paces 5.1% ahead of last year   Sep/Oct 2004

Churches Keep Greater Share   August 2004

Draper:  Now is the time   August 2004

Open letter to a first time CBF attendee   August 2004

SBC Indianapolis   June/July 2004

2004 Pastors' Conference   June/July 2004

Conservative Resurgence Reunion   June/July 2004

Stats & numbers don't lie   June/July 2004

SBC calls for cultural engagement; education resolution declined   June/July 2004

Conservative Resurgence was about theology, not politics   May 2004

Cooperative Program giving 2.52% over last year   May 2004

Pressler:  Conservative Resurgence was grassroots movement   May 2004

Southern Baptist Convention statistics for 2003 show growth in membership, churches   May 2004

Withdrawal from BWA is not a sin against love   April 2004

The Dollar Flow   April 2004

CP (Cooperative Program)   April 2004

Online Registration opens for SBC in Indianapolis   March 2004

The BWA:  reasons for parting ways  March 2004

German theologian confirms liberalism's influence on BWA   March 2004

NAMB to end endorsement of women as military chaplains   March 2004

A Southern Baptist because ...   February 2004

Can We Do Missions without Doctrine?   February 2004

End ties to BWA, panel recommends to Southern Baptists   February 2004

Kim's grace accompanies regret over SBC-BWA chasm   February 2004

Lotz criticizes SBC for potential schism & sin   February 2004

Akin is committee's nominee as Southeastern's sixth president   January 2004

Reflections on missionaries' response to affirming the Baptist Faith and Message   Nov/Dec 2003

CP giving grows by 0.5%   Nov/Dec 2003

Paige Patterson inaugurated as Southwestern's 8th president    Nov/Dec 2003

Committee begins search for next Southeastern president   September/October 2003

IMB trustees restrict appointments, act of workers refusing to affirm BF&M   August 2003

Paige Patterson elected as president of Southwestern   August 2003

Cooperative Program Giving   August 2003

Cooperative Program Web Site   July 2003

Motion-makers reflect SBC's growing multiculturalism   July 2003

Resolutions repudiate earlier abortion stance, affirm family, religious liberty   July 2003

SBC Wrap-Up:  Southern Baptists pledge to build 'Kingdom Families'   July 2003

Priorities, character, and doctrine underscored at Pastors' conference   July 2003

Resolutions Committee named for SBC meeting in Phoenix   May/June 2003

VA Appointments & Nominations for SBC Boards & Committees   May/June 2003

Rankin makes final appeal to workers about 2000 BFM   May/June 2003

Hemphill leaving Southwestern to lead SBC's 'Kingdom" strategy   May/June 2003

Southern Baptist Conference Centers   May/June 2003

SBC global initiative proposed, funded from BWA allocation   April 2003

North American Missions 2002   April 2003

LifeWay's online library provides many resources   April 2003

SBC builds new track record on abortion   April 2003

5 myths about the International Missions Board   March 2003

BWA issue stirs Executive Committee to globalize Empowering Kingdom Growth   March 2003

IMB celebrates overseas advances, covers deficit from missionary surge   March 2003

Baptist confessional accountability   February 2003

Nashville may lose 2005 SBC meeting   February 2003

Global Priority Churches   February 2003

99% of missionaries affirm BF&M; IMB leaders talking to last few    Nov/Dec 2002

How Are We Doing?   October 2002

Motions address controversy over missionaries and BF&M    October 2002

Mullins:  SBC is not a 'free lance club'    September 2002

Prepare for expansion, Patterson tells alumni    August 2002

Peace Committee conclusions remain important 15 years later, Mohler says    August 2002

WRAP-UP:  Southern Baptists hear from Bush, elect new president    June/July 2002

Paul Pressler elected SBC first vice president   June/July 2002

SBC Committee Selections    June/July 2002

SBC tops 16 million   May 2002

Criteria for SBC Nominees   April 2002

IBM trustees affirm Rankin BF&M letter, see rising baptisms, new churches   April 2002

Missionary Disputes Keith Parks   April 2002

NAMB will no longer endorse ordained female chaplains   April 2002

Paul Pressler to be nominated for SBC first vice president   April 2002

Jack Graham to be nominated for SBC presidency in June   March 2002

Resolutions Committee revisions to be presented at SBC meeting   March 2002

SBC should not receive funds from new MO convention, Chapman states   March 2002

NAMB's national missionaries to affirm BFM   March 2002

IMB president asks missionaries to sign affirmation of 2000 BFM   March 2002

Seattle, Philadelphia to be focal points of Southern Baptist ministry in 2002   February 2002

Southeastern:  An Update   January 2002

Cooperative program posts near-record total in 2000-01:  $176.9 million    Nov/Dec 2001

Hemphill says Blaising's hiring culminates convention-wide search    Nov/Dec 2001

SBC beliefs statement prompts departure of NAMB managers, professional staff    September 2001

Merritt issues call to arms in defense of family, souls    June/July 2001

SBC to Disney:  Cease Gay Days for Boycott to be Lifted    June/July 2001

Draper tells SBC churches LifeWay 'wants to join you' in ministry    June/July 2001

Virginia Seminary Students Honored    June/July 2001

SBC answers call to evangelism, family    June/July 2001

Gulf between SBC and 'moderates' even more clear during past year    June/July 2001

Prof's doubts about I & II Kings show why SBC needed reformation    June/July 2001

Convention '01:  More revival than business    June/July 2001

Belief that Makes a Difference  February 2001

Issues in the SBC:  Power Play or Theological Substance?   February 2001

Theology forces departure, return of pastor to SBC   February 2001

Phil Roberts named 4th president of Midwestern Seminary unanimously   February 2001

State Wrap 2000   January 2001

Midwestern Seminary unanimously chooses Phil Roberts   January 2001

Fall 2000 CP numbers continue summer's upward trends   Nov/Dec 2000

LifeWayStores.com partnership dramatically increases inventory   Nov/Dec 2000

For the Bible tells me so   Nov/Dec 2000

Taking a Stand, Was It Necessary?   August 2000

Is the Bible "just a book"?   August 2000

Berean or Beratin'   August 2000

Demoting Jesus   August 2000

Sutton's 'The Baptist Reformation' offers 'mom and pop' Baptists' view of movement   August 2000

Seminaries on the Internet    August 2000

BFM Revised   June/July 2000

The 2000 Orlando Convention, A Defining Moment   June/July 2000

Baptist Faith and Message Revised   June/July 2000

NAMB trustees apply divorce policy to new SBC chaplains   June/July 2000

FBC of Athens, Georgia Severs Ties with SBC   June/July 2000

Chicago Declaration on Religious Liberty   June/July 2000

Biblical manhood, womanhood conference notes Southern Baptist stance   June/July 2000

Excerpt from A Hill on Which to Die: One Southern Baptist's Journey by Paul Pressler   May 2000

Four SBC seminaries approved for doctorates in educational ministry   May 2000

SBC's cooperation with other groups recapped   April 2000

Persecution is coming to America, Josef Tson tells seminary students   April 2000

Record 1,747 new congregations in April 2000 reflect SBC's growing diversity   April 2000

Paige Patterson 1999 Convention Sermon:  THE PLIGHT OF AMERICA'S GREAT CITIES, Part 4   March 2000

James Merritt will accept nomination for SBC's presidency in Orlando   March 2000

Are Southern Baptists Losing the Vision for Missions   March 2000

Paige Patterson's '99 Convention Sermon: The Future of the Convention, Part 2   February 2000

Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission on Line   February 2000

SBC Conservatives and Moderates Contrasted and Compared   February 2000

'99 State Results:  Bad, Mixed, Good    January 2000

Cooperative Program sets 6th Record    Nov/Dec 1999

Seminary Updates    Nov/Dec 1999

ERLC trustees ask SBC messengers just say no to Disney visit in 2000    Nov/Dec 1999

Patterson:  Battle for biblical inerrancy was necessary for millions of lost people    October 1999

Adrian Rogers named chairman of BF&M study committee    October 1999

Midwestern Seminary trustees fire Mark T. Coppenger as president    October 1999

The Struggle for a Baptist Identity    September 1999

A Hill on Which to Die by Paul Pressler   August 1999

SBC Wrap '99    June/July 1999

Pressler details his involvement in SBC conservative resurgence   June/July 1999

Patterson challenges associations & mega-churches to impact cities    May 1999

Southern trustees adopt $70 million campus master plan    May 1999

Southeastern Seminary sets enrollment record   April 1999

SBC Seminaries Report Enrollment Up 500    March 1999

NAMB & Southern Launch Nehemiah Project    Nov/Dec 1998

Couple attends, joins SBC church after convention takes family stance    Nov/Dec 1998

New SBC Internet Site    September 1998

150-plus evangelicals underscore SBC marriage stance as biblical    September 1998

Exciting Progress at Southeastern    September 1998

SBC family statement is case study of secular media getting it wrong    August 1998

Former seminary professor makes amazing confession   August 1998

Beyond the Impasse?   June/July 1998

SBC '98:  A Great Convention!  Patterson Elected, Family Article Added to BFM   June/July 1998

Southeastern expands college, adds women's studies degree    June/July 1998

NAMB challenges state leaders to double church plants by AD 2020    March 1998

If It Quacks Like a Duck...    March 1998

Paige Patterson named SBC presidential candidate    February 1998

Enrollment Passes 10,000 Mark at Southern Baptist Seminaries    February 1998

Record Missionary Appointments   February 1998

Contrasting and Comparing Conservatives and Moderates   January 1998

You Have to Go Out.  You Don't Have to Come Back.    August 1997

The Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, a Study in Contrast    June/July 1997

Elliff Answers Hot-topic Queries    June/July 1997

Covenant between Seminaries & Our Churches Signed!    June/July 1997

Mohler Describes Covenant as Anchor to Convention    June/July 1997

CLC's land Underscores Sanctity of Life Concerns   June/July 1997

More Female Students at Southeastern    June/July 1997

A Personal Testimony   May 1997

Ammerman on Baptist Politics   May 1997

SBC President Raises Three Concerns    May 1997

Bob Reccord Probable Nominee for NAMB President    April 1997

SBC Annual Meeting News    April 1997

Southern Baptists and the Future    Nov/Dec 1996

The "State" of the State Papers   Nov/Dec 1996

Organizational Drift    Nov/Dec 1996

Selling Their Souls  October 1996

Sherman on Seminaries   October 1996

Biblical Inerrancy:  Reality or Rhetoric?    September 1996

Southeastern, The Way It Was   September 1996

Restructure Progresses    September 1996

Tom Elliff on the Conservative Resurgence    August 1996

Historical-Critical Method WAS the Norm   August 1996

Historic SBC in New Orleans    June/July 1996

The Way It Was:  The Way It Is    June/July 1996

On Politics & Politicking   June/July 1996

Four Words:  Which applies to You?    April 1996

The Mythical Line between Indoctrination and Education    April 1996

Liberal Theology:  Where the Rubber Meets the Road    April 1996

Foreign Board Reports Record Gain in 1995    March 1996

Southern Seminary informed ATS not imposing probation    March 1996

Chuck Kelley elected for New Orleans presidency    March 1996

Some Churches Guilty of False Promotion of Lottie Moon and Annie Armstrong Offerings    March 1996

True Love Waits 'Hits Roof,' Launches Effort for Schools    March 1996

SBC Inter-Agency Council Names Racial Reconciliation Task Force    March 1996

Southeastern's B.A. Program    February 1996

What Kind of president ...?    February 1996

Executive Committee Report    January 1996

Implementation Task Force Meets   January 1996

Enrollment Up at 4, Down at 2 Seminaries    January 1996