INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Elementary school children figuratively became princes and princesses while older students climbed Mount Kilimanjaro during the Southern Baptist Convention and the preceding Pastors' Conference in Indianapolis June 8-11.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--J.D. Greear recalls a time when he didn't see missionaries in a very positive light.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Following the model of the early church, Baptist associations should encourage doctrinal integrity, foster biblical fellowship, promote genuine worship and advance the cause of the Great Commission, said Russell Cook, president...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--For Joel and Marina Jimenez, a pastor and wife from northern California, the words of North American Mission Board President Geoff Hammond tugged at their hearts.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The Christian church needs Messianic believers -- Jews who follow Jesus as the Messiah -- for the same reason a man and woman need each other to be one flesh, a California Baptist University professor told the Southern Baptist...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Despite morning downpours and flash-flood warnings, nearly 100 Southern Baptist volunteers staffed evangelistic block parties aimed at reaching Hispanics in metropolitan Indianapolis June 7.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Speaking in Spanish with a Portuguese accent, Geoff Hammond, president of the North American Mission Board, delighted a crowd of Hispanic Southern Baptists at a NAMB-sponsored National Hispanic Celebration June 8.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--A church or a denomination may assume it is experiencing God's blessing because of external factors such as large membership rolls or financial success, but in reality it may be far from God, Eric Redmond said at the annual...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Joy Cullen, a pastor's wife, Sunday School teacher, adjunct professor and former International Mission Board missionary in Asia, was honored with the 2008 Willie Turner Dawson Award during the Ministers' Wives' Luncheon June 10...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Jesus died so believers could have abundant life regardless of their circumstances, Donna Gaines of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn., said during the Pastors' Wives Session of the SBC Pastors' Conference June 9 in...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Southern Baptist Convention messengers meeting in Indianapolis June 10-11 elected a new president, launched a bold initiative to share the Gospel with every person in North America by 2020, accepted a detailed report from the...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Heavy rains and flooding helped cause a dip in registration at this year's Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, according to registration secretary Jim Wells. This year's unofficial messenger count was 7,277, down from...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--We must challenge the next generation of Southern Baptists to "go tell the story of Jesus," Jerry Rankin told messengers June 11 at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--O.S. Hawkins, president of GuideStone Financial Resources, delivered the entity's 90th annual report at the Southern Baptist Convention June 11.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga., was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention on the first ballot, leading a slate of officers that included two new vice presidents and two re-elected...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--More than 90 percent of the newly elected trustees of Southern Baptist Convention entities have not served on an SBC board before.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The prayer emphasis at this year's Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting was embraced by a number of pastors in the Indianapolis area long before the first messenger arrived.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--David Dykes, pastor of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, is this year's recipient of the M.E. Dodd Cooperative Program Award for his distinguished support of Southern Baptists' unified giving plan.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Conservative evangelicals around the world are welcoming the new Southern Baptist initiative to build relationships with "likeminded brothers and sisters in Christ," Bobby Welch told messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Floods and rain did not deter Hispanic leaders and pastors from around the United States from celebrating new life in Christ June 8 when the National Fellowship of Hispanic Churches of the Southern Baptist Convention held its...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The priorities Johnny Hunt announced for his tenure as president of the Southern Baptist Convention are the same ones that have characterized his 32 years as a local church pastor -- evangelism, discipleship and missions.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Messengers to the 2008 Southern Baptist Convention passed six resolutions in the June 11 morning session, including one urging the maintenance of a "regenerative membership" and the restoration of "wayward members" by churches.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--A two-year journey to create and launch the next-generation hymnal was the primary focus of LifeWay Christian Resources' presentation June 10 during the 2008 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting will convene in Nashville, Tenn., in 2013 and 2019 and in Baltimore, Md., in 2014, according to recommendations approved by messengers June 10 in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Biblical standards for church membership, accountability for living like disciples of Jesus and trying to restore members who have dropped out of church life were the focus of a resolution adopted June 11 by messengers to the...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Geoff Hammond, president of the North American Mission Board, unveiled that National Evangelism Initiative to messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention June 10 in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--After a year in his role as national strategist for gender issues for the Southern Baptist Convention, Bob Stith told messengers at the SBC's annual convention in Indianapolis that much has been accomplished in one year, yet...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Bill Gaither of gospel music's Gaither Vocal Band told Southern Baptists the answer to the nation's economic pressures is not a political solution but a spiritual solution based on God's people learning to "give it away."

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Korean Baptist leader Billy Kim, former president of the Baptist World Alliance, received the Distinguished Baptist Statesman Award June 10 from the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee for his lifelong service in...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Tony Dungy, coach of the Super Bowl-champion Indianapolis Colts, addressed the Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference June 9 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, saying it was "a pleasure and an honor to be here" and...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--In the wake of torrential weekend rains of up to 10 inches in some central Indiana towns, Indiana Baptists have mobilized disaster relief teams and put crews from other Midwestern states on stand-by.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--One in four. That's how many baptisms last year in the Southern Baptist Convention came as a result of Vacation Bible School. And churches like Parkway Baptist in Moseley, Va., are a big reason why.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--North American Mission Board President Geoff Hammond gave the National African American Fellowship of the Southern Baptist Convention a sneak preview of the SBC's new National Evangelism Initiative June 9.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Discerning eyes are needed to recognize the spiritual condition of Southern Baptists, Frank Page said in his final sermon as Southern Baptist Convention president during the SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis June 10.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--God can bring revival to the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention, but in many cases spiritual brokenness may be required first, speakers at the annual Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference said in Indianapolis June 9.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Southern Baptists have taken strong stands in the past against the sexual abuse of children and will continue taking strong action to protect children and bring sexual predators in the church to justice, SBC Executive Committee...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--For the second straight year, Baptist Press is hosting a news blog for the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, providing readers the latest news from the convention almost instantly.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Loving neighbors and supporting missionaries took the spotlight as the Woman's Missionary Union, SBC, gathered June 8 for a dinner that brought 425 guests "up close and personal" with Southern Baptist missionaries and Southern...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--After severe thunderstorms caused flooding in various parts of Indiana two days earlier, pastors from across the United States gathered to seek a spiritual downpour from God at the Southern Baptist Pastors' Conference June 9 in...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--More than 300 people celebrated the 100th anniversary of Royal Ambassadors, a mission education organization for boys in grades 1-6, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds June 7.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--John L. Yeats, recording secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention since 1998, will be nominated for another one-year term during the annual meeting in Indianapolis, Louisiana pastor T.C. French announced May 28.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton May 6 continued to do well among churchgoers, according to exit polls, despite not having the kind of night her supporters felt she needed to shake up the race and catch...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The sixth volume of The Journal of African American Southern Baptist History will be presented during the 13th annual meeting of the Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servants Network June 8.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The presidents of three Southern Baptist Convention entities will speak at the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions' June 8-9 annual meeting in Indianapolis, featuring the theme "Growing the...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Fulfilling the mission Christ gave His followers -- bringing lost souls into God's Kingdom -- will be the focus of the 151st session of the Southern Baptist Convention when it convenes June 10-11 at the Indiana Convention Center.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship, now recognized as an official ethnic and language ministry of the North American Mission Board, is eager to help SBC churches understand the Jewish culture for purposes of evangelism.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Two longtime pastors will be honored during the June 8-9 meeting of the National African American Fellowship of the Southern Baptist Convention, while Mark Croston Sr. will recap his unprecedented three-year term as NAAF president.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The North American Mission Board will host a national Hispanic celebration on Sunday, June 8, from 6-9 pm at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown in Marriott Ballrooms 5 and 6 on Level 2.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Appointments to the Southern Baptist Convention's Committee on Committees have been announced by SBC President Frank Page. Page, pastor of First Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C., announced the appointments in accordance with SBC...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page has named members of the Credentials Committee for the June 10-11 annual meeting in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Pastors planning to attend the SBC Pastors' Conference in Indianapolis June 8-9 will need to leave earlier this year, according to Pastors' Conference President Michael Catt. In an unusual move, the Pastors' Conference will open...

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The Southern Baptist Convention's six seminaries will host luncheons for alumni and guests in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention's June 10-11 annual meeting at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Members of the Tellers Committee for the June 10-11 annual meeting of the Sothern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis have been named by SBC President Frank Page.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--GuideStone Financial Resources will sponsor its annual Wellness Walk/Run on Tuesday morning, June 10, in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--"How to Love a Leader" will be the theme of the 53rd annual Ministers' Wives Luncheon Tuesday, June 10, in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--For the 20th consecutive year, Southern Baptists' "Crossover" will relay the Gospel throughout the host city for June's SBC annual meeting.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--SBC President Frank Page has named the members of the Resolutions Committee who will serve during the June 10-11 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Registration is now open for families planning to enroll their children in June 8-11 preschool childcare or the children's conference in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Indianapolis, Ind.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The National Football League's reversal over Super Bowl screenings in family friendly settings is a victory for the church at large, according to pastors contacted by Baptist Press.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Even though Fall Creek Baptist Church couldn't host a 2007 Super Bowl party, pastor John Newland said the National Football League did his church a favor.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--The Indiana branch of the American Civil Liberties Unions says it is appealing a prayer decision that went against it last month to the full U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--An appeals court panel apparently has given the OK for prayers mentioning Jesus' name in the Indiana state legislature to return, tossing out a lawsuit Oct. 30 that had garnered national attention two years ago when the prayers...