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**SBC This Week**

A weekly news roundup from the Southern Baptist Convention as well as guest interviews from today’s top church leaders.

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SBC Recap: Columbus, Unity, and Momentum Jun 19, 2015

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Episode #004

Covering all the news that came from the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention Annual meeting as well as a few highlights of the week and our personal favorite moments.

Annual Meeting Business Recap

Executive Committee Report on Racial Diversity: In response to a motion from Alan Cross – http://bit.ly/1J89hih
Resolutions Passed: Messengers affirm nine resolutions – http://bit.ly/1GVPW1j
- Resolution 1 – On Appreciation for Columbus
- Resolution 2 – On the 90th Anniversary of the Cooperative Program
- Resolution 3 – On Revival and Spiritual Awakening
- Resolution 4 – On Racial Reconciliation
- Resolution 5 – On the Call to Public Witness on Marriage
- Resolution 6 – On the Sanctity of Human Life
- Resolution 7 – On Pornography and Secual Purity
- Resolution 8 – On the Persecuted Church Worldwide
- Resolution 9 – On Religious Persecution and Human Rights Violations in North Korea
Washington Post coverage of SBC15

Highlights of the convention:

Different seating layout
Different stage setup
James MacDonald announces Harvest Bible Chapel will join the SBC
Tuesday night prayer service
IMB & NAMB joint commissioning service
Alumni luncheons honor graduates
Austin Stone Community Church and The Summit Church partner to endow a chair for a professor of church planting at SEBTS

Tweets from the week:

Amazing #SBC15 convention led by a Great leader @ronniefloyd.
More excited about the future than ever before.

— Robby Gallaty (@Rgallaty) June 18, 2015

Does anyone remember a more unified, positive, encouraging, and hopeful convention than this year's? Thanks – @ronniefloyd #SBC15

— Dave Miller (@davemiller7) June 18, 2015

Previous SBCs were business meetings interrupted by hymns. 2015: a worship service with interspersed business opportunities. #SBC15

— Bruce Truman (@b_truman) June 17, 2015

Thank you to @ronniefloyd & @andrewhebert86 for a great #SBC15 schedule. The most spiritual annual meeting ever.

— Jim Richards (@RichardsJim) June 17, 2015

#sbc15 was a catalytic moment. What made this years meeting anointed? Clear agreement, Visible Unity, & Extraordinary PRAYER @ronniefloyd

— Malachi O'Brien (@malachiobrien) June 17, 2015

In my life I can't remember such a high %age of messengers still in the hall 10 min. before adjournment. Amazing. #SBC15 #GreatAwakening

— Rod D. Martin (@RodDMartin) June 17, 2015

SBC is more diverse than ever but growing in unity. I appreciate the great leaders that are uniting us to join God's mission. #sbc15

— Michael Cooper (@preaching4life) June 17, 2015

A really good Convention. Shout out to all the non-Jabronis at #SBC15.

— Dean Inserra (@deaninserra) June 17, 2015

Tweeted a month ago that I long for the day when missionaries get a louder ovation than the flag or the troops at the SBC.
YES.

ACP Report, CP & Lottie Moon, and a Columbus, OH, Preview with Nick Nye Jun 12, 2015

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Episode #003

We discuss recent reports regarding Cooperative Program and Lottie Moon giving, the 2014 Annual Church Profile report, and talk all things Columbus with pastor Nick Nye.

NEWS & NOTES

Convention News:

Cooperative Program: Giving is 2.57% ahead of year-to-date projection – http://bit.ly/1SaVybY
ACP Report: SBC reports more churches, fewer people – http://bit.ly/1SaXcKx
Crossover Columbus: SWBTS T-Shirt – http://bit.ly/1Sb2dmc

States:

Texas: Phil Lineberger, former president of BGCT, dies – http://bit.ly/1SaVRn5

Entities:

NAMB: Fred Luter named NAMB Ambassador – http://bit.ly/1SaW2P2
IMB: Lottie Moon mission gifts top $153 million – http://bit.ly/1SaWlte
LifeWay: 2016 VBS Theme “Submerged” – http://bit.ly/1SaWrRA
Seminaries: Seminaries urge tax-exemption protection – http://bit.ly/1SaWpJy
Matters of Consideration for the SBC Annual Meeting – http://bit.ly/1SaWe0I
- Golden Gate Seminary Requests Name Change
- Electronic Voting and Quorum Issues
- NAMB asks for ministry assignment expansion
- Second vote on amendment to Article III

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INTERVIEW – Nick Nye, Pastor of Veritas Community Church

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UPCOMING EVENTS OR NOTES OF INTEREST

SBC Preview:

SBC Pastors’ Conference
- Info: http://www.sbcpc.net/
Pastors’ Wives Conference
- Info: http://bit.ly/1FnEWoh
- Register: http://www.lifeway.com/Event/womens-event-sbc-ministers-wives-luncheon

RESOURCE OF THE WEEK

Amy: A Parliamentary Guide for Church Leaders by Barry McCarty – http://lfwy.co/1SaXl0y

Jonathan: Pastor Helpline – 1-844-4PASTOR – (1- 844-472-7867)

SBC Preview with Julio Arriola Jun 05, 2015

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Episode #002

A preview of the SBC Pastors Conference, Pastors’ Wives Conference, and music for the upcoming SBC Annual Meeting, highlight some recent news, and sit down with Julio Arriola.

NEWS & NOTES

Churches:

Tennessee: Church in Murfreesboro selling to Arabic Baptist Church – http://wapo.st/1FnBB8X

States:

Alaska: Michael Procter retiring from Alaska Baptist Convention – http://bit.ly/1FnBKJn
Florida: Tommy Green elected to Florida Baptist Convention – http://bit.ly/1FnBKJn
Texas: Historic floods draw Baptist relief efforts – http://bit.ly/1FnC5eY

Entities:

ERLC: New magazine releasing at SBC – Light – https://instagram.com/p/3ZIuzizMcR/
LifeWay: ACP data should be coming next week
Seminary Graduations: around 1200 graduates, not including Golden Gate (no story available at this time)
- MBTS – http://bit.ly/1FnCVsh – 109 graduates
  - Robin Hadaway received Midwestern’s Professor of the Year— dean of the seminary and professor of missions; served since 2003 including more than a year as interim president
- SBTS – http://bit.ly/1FnCSNe – 404 graduates including Boyce (297 from SBTS, 107 from Boyce)
  - Gregg Allison received the Findley B. and Louvenia Edge Award for Teaching Excellence – professor of Christian Theology; served since 2003
  - Christopher Mohler graduated from Boyce College, first time a child of a Southern Seminary president has graduated
  - Ben Dockery, son of Trinity International University president David Dockery, also was director of admissions for some time at SBTS and pastor in Louisville as well
  - Justin Taylor, senior vice president and publisher of books for Crossway
- SEBTS – http://bit.ly/1FnCKgu – 274 graduates
  - Tim Akin, son of President Daniel Akin
  - Matt Carter, pastor of Austin Stone
  - Scott Hildreth, Director of Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies at SEBTS
  - Jeff Struecker, former Army Ranger – http://bit.ly/1FnDZwf
  - Mark Talbert, planter and pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Madison, NC— got 5th degree from SEBTS (ADiv, BA, MDiv, ThM, PhD); has gone almost nonstop since 1993
- NOBTS – http://bit.ly/1FnCD4z – Close to 240 graduates
  - Among NOBTS graduates was Sungjin Son, the first graduate of the seminary’s Korean doctor of ministry program. And Ai Kyung Ra and her husband Jin Kwon became the second Korean couple at NOBTS to both earn doctor of philosophy degrees.
  - The NOBTS class also included a father and son. Roy “Thumper” Miller received the doctor of ministry degree and his son, Joshua, received the master of divinity degree.
- SWBTS – http://bit.ly/1FnCnTb – 183 graduates
  - 33 inmates at maximum security Darrington Prison Unit completed first seminary prison program in Texas – http://bit.ly/1FnCoGH

INTERVIEW – Julio Arriola, Global Worship Pastor at Cross Church, Music Director for the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting

You will be leading thousands of SBC messengers across varying demographic lines, people who are accustomed to many different contexts and styles. How do you guide them in a way that brings the people in the room together, rather than appealing to one particular preference over another?
Over the last year, you have participated in a number of events that were all part of this call to extraordinary prayer, as laid out by Dr. Floyd. Tell us about how that experience has been. What were some of the highlights that you encountered in the last twelve months?
What has been the most challenging aspect of planning the music for this year’s annual meeting?
You basically have a blank slate to work with since this is the first year we’ve had this meeting format. How has the different scheduling from years past affected the planning?
We know Shane and Shane will be helping lead us in worship on Wednesday morning. Who are some of the other artists who will be leading us from the stage?

UPCOMING EVENTS OR NOTES OF INTEREST

SBC Preview:

SBC Pastors’ Conference
- Info: http://www.sbcpc.net/
Pastors’ Wives Conference
- Info: http://bit.ly/1FnEWoh
- Register: http://www.lifeway.com/Event/womens-event-sbc-minist...

SBC Preview with Ronnie Floyd May 29, 2015

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Episode #001

A preview of the upcoming SBC Annual Meeting, highlight some recent news, and sit down with SBC President Ronnie Floyd.

NEWS & NOTES

States:

Union University (Tenn.): Nathan Finn named dean of the school of theology and missions – http://bit.ly/1Bed0Cv
Ouachita Baptist (Ark.): President Rex Horne steps down to serve as president of Arkansas’ Independent Colleges and Universities – http://bit.ly/1Be7Q9w
Brewton-Parker (Ga.): Steve Echols named new president – http://bit.ly/1BecHrt
Statewide day of prayer planned in S.C.: The June 13 event, “The Response South Carolina: A Call to Prayer for a Nation in Crisis,” is an evangelical all-day event of worship, fasting and prayer to intercede for a nation in crisis,” said Brad Atkins, pastor of Powdersville First Baptist Church in Easley, S.C. “The event is not a time for preachers to pontificate or politicians to make political speeches. It is a called time of repentance and worship.” For more information, go to theresponsesc.com – http://bit.ly/1Bed2dx

Entities:

IMB: Established a policy to streamline guidelines for appointing new personnel within the framework of the BFM 2000 – FAQ http://bit.ly/1Bed5Gk
IMB: Missionary Susan Sanson, 67, died of malaria in Zomba, Malawi, on May 18. Susan Sanson was born in New York and raised in Ohio. As a young adult, she spent time in Manhattan as a model and fashion magazine editor. “She had an amazing testimony of … moving to New York and living the high life as a fashion model and mover and shaker in the fashion world … and then God arresting her heart and bringing her back to Him,” said Kevin Rodgers, an IMB strategy leader in Africa and a friend of the Sansons. “She quit her job, sold her things, moved to New Orleans and enrolled in New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.” She met Billy Sanson at the seminary, where he was a Ph.D. student. The couple married in 1992. — http://bit.ly/1Q8ED6U
ERLC: ERLC Academy lectures covered such general topics as the kingdom of God and Christian ethics, and establishing a framework for Christian ethics. Moore also addressed such issues as religious liberty, marriage, gender identity, the sanctity of human life, contraception, artificial reproductive technology, capital punishment, environmental stewardship and poverty. – http://bit.ly/1Q8Ei45 – Watch the videos: http://www.ministrygrid.com/web/erlc
SBTS: R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, received the 2015 Edwin Meese III Originalism and Religious Liberty Award from the Alliance Defending Freedom, May 15. – http://bit.ly/1BecBA1
LifeWay: Lecrae signs with B&H to publish his new book, Unashamed – http://bit.ly/1Be7Syo
NAMB: About 58 percent of the new churches added to the Southern Baptist Convention in 2013 and 2014 are reported to be minority congregations. More than 20 Southern Baptist leaders representing several different ethnic groups sat down to discuss current outreach efforts and explore how NAMB could effectively help plant churches for diverse populations in cooperation with ethnic Southern Baptist groups like the National African American Fellowship, the Vietnamese Baptist Fellowship of North America, the Native Fellowship of Christians, the Chinese Baptist Fellowship of the U.S. and Canada, and others. – http://bit.ly/1Be7yja – Send Conference: http://sendconference.com/

INTERVIEW – Ronnie Floyd, Pastor of Cross Church, President of the Southern Baptist Convention

J.D. Greear recently announced that he intends to nominate you for a second term as SBC president. What would be your vision for Southern Baptists for the next year?
One of the major roles for the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, that isn’t discussed as often as it once was, is the task of nominating messengers to serve on various committees. How has that process been for you this year, as you have sought out a fair and accurate representation of the denomination as a whole?
What has been the most surprising thing you’ve learned or experienced this year as SBC president?
How have you balanced the ongoing ministry of Cross Church with the role of serving as SBC president?
When you look 20 years down the road, where do you see the SBC as well as Cross Church?

UPCOMING EVENTS OR NOTES OF INTEREST

SBC Preview:

Food & Drink Preview: SBC 2015: Guide to Columbus by Phillip Bethancourt and Nick Nye – http://bit.ly/1F1CNhU
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