Sbc This Week

Tennessee Baptists spoke out agains two white supremacist rallies that are scheduled this weekend in the state. We also recap more state annual meetings from across the country.

Incredible news from NAMB kicks off this week's episode, and we talk all things Colorado with its new state exec, Nathan Lorick.

Dr. Taffey Hall gives us the scoop on the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives and we discuss the news of the week including a big court ruling in Wisconsin.

The fiscal year for Cooperative Program giving has ended and the result is a good one. Also, we sit down and talk college ministry with Jeff Dodge of the Salt Network.

Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., joins us today to discuss the 30th anniversary of the Peace Committee report, the Glorieta Statement, and the Conservative Resurgence. Also, a new open letter to President Trump has been released calling for him to denounce the "alt-right" movement.

We recap the Executive Committee meeting this week and highlight the CP study group report. Dr. Adam Greenway also joins us to talk higher education in the SBC and its future in state conventions.

Dr. Steve Gaines has joined more than 150 Memphis clergymen in calling for the removal of a confederate monument in the city and news broke of Dr. David Platt's intention to join the staff at McLean Bible Church as Teaching Pastor.

Following the massive relief response to Hurricane Harvey and the flooding in Texas, NAMB was honored at the White House. We also sit down with Jen Wilkin to talk parenting, Bible study, and women in ministry.

Hurricane Harvey recovery has resulted in a massive relief effort from Southern Baptists. Also, Dr. James Merritt joins us to talk about race, the SBC, and the future.

Ronnie Floyd has been named the president of the National Day of Prayer. We also discuss a huge scholarship gift for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and this week's solar eclipse.

It has been a heavy week with violence in Charlottesville and Barcelona. We discuss the reaction to those events and cover the first meeting of the SBC evangelism task force.

The ERLC announced this week that US Senator Ben Sasse will be speaking at their national conference later this month.

Walter Strickland, 1st VP of the SBC, has a new title at Southeastern. We also share our thoughts on a few articles that have recently discussed the issue of race and the SBC.

The final Send Conference of 2017 was held this week, so Dustin Willis joins us to recap it and to share what to look for in the future from NAMB and IMB.

Texas evangelism leader Nathan Lorick has been named the new executive director of the Colorado state convention and MBTS has made some big name additions.

Samford University has opted out of SBC state funding after they affirmed a LGBT-focused student group.

More than 5,500 artifacts have been forfeited by Hobby Lobby and they've been fined $3 million. We discuss this and update you on the FY17 cooperative program budget plus much more.

Judicial rulings involving religious liberty dominated the news wires this week. We also have a contest for listeners to win a banner from SBC17. Be sure to listen for the details of that.

Outgoing SBC Registration Secretary Jim Wells passed away this week. We discuss his contributions to SBC life and recap an otherwise slow news week in the SBC.

We recap the events, motions, resolutions, elections, and reports from SBC 17. We also talk about food a lot this week.