Oklahoma governor takes part in prayer event broadcast statewide
Two Southern Baptist pastors who participated Thursday, March 26 in a prayer service, broadcast throughout the state of Oklahoma and featuring Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, marveled at the event’s timeliness as well as the boldness of the Gospel message shared. The hour-long event, titled “Let Hope Rise,” came in conjunction with Stitt’s proclamation of Thursday as a “Statewide Day of Prayer” amid the...
2020 SBC Annual Meeting canceled
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Annual Meeting has been canceled for the first time in 75 years. Citing authority provided by the SBC Constitution “in the case of grave emergency,” the decision was made Tuesday, March 24, in a unanimous vote of a body composed of SBC officers, the SBC Executive Committee and leaders of the SBC’s boards and...
