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The Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC ), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists ( GCB ), is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist organization and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian body in the United States. [1] [2] In 1845, the Southern Baptists separated from the ...
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention heads the convention and is elected at the annual meeting. The president's duties include presiding over the annual meeting; appointing members to SBC committees; serving as an ex officio member of the board of SBC entities including the International Mission Board, the North American Mission Board, and Lifeway Christian Resources; and ...
The settlement is part of a conclusion to a case that alleged Paul Pressler was guilty of sexual abuse, and that the SBC and SBC Executive Committee were liable. Plaintiff Gerald D. Rollins, who ...
Beginning in 1979, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) experienced an intense struggle for control of the organization. Its initiators called it the conservative resurgence [1] while its detractors labeled it the fundamentalist takeover. [2] It was launched with the charge that the seminaries and denominational agencies were dominated by ...
A single-board computer ( SBC) is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, with microprocessor (s), memory, input/output (I/O) and other features required of a functional computer. Single-board computers are commonly made as demonstration or development systems, for educational systems, or for use as embedded computer controllers.
William Bullein Johnson (1782–1862) - First president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1845 to 1851. B.R. Lakin (1901–1984) - Preacher and evangelist. Homer G Lindsey (1927–2000) - Preacher at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL. Thomas Meredith (1795–1850) - Founder and editor of the Biblical Recorder newspaper.
In 2005, the International Mission Board won a judgement against Benton Gray Harvey for $359,499.62 for embezzlement while he was an accountant for the IMB in Istanbul, Turkey. The incident was investigated by a trustee only after a whistleblower on the "Turkey Team" notified staff at a SBC seminary about the situation in 2003.
Bryant Wright. Bryant Wright is a Baptist pastor and author. He served as senior pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia from its founding in 1981 until 2019. [1] He also served as elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) from June 2010 to June 2012. He succeeded Johnny Hunt, who had served two one-year ...