June 2025 • Pathway
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“While we celebrate all God is allowing us to be a part of together with one another and with Him, we cannot ignore the sobering reality that every day 166,338 people enter eternity, separated from Christ forever," IMB President Paul Chitwood told Southern Baptist Convention messengers in Dallas, June 11. The number is not just a statistic, he noted. “These are people – each created in God’s image – whose life can be transformed by the gospel if they have the opportunity to hear. Th...| Pathway
When a father is involved, outcomes improve. For this reason, The LIGHT House happily engages active fathers in our Home-Based Pregnancy Services and Community Outreach Programs. Read the full story from The Pathway, Missouri Baptists' news source.| Pathway
A proposed amendment to the SBC Constitution stating the office of pastor should be held only by men was rejected by messengers, receiving approximately 60 percent of the vote, but not reaching the required two-thirds marker. Read the full story from The Pathway, Missouri Baptists' news source.| Pathway
Iorg’s message addressed several issues also covered in the previous day’s Executive Committee meeting. Those included ongoing steps toward sexual abuse prevention and response, litigation and budget issues and the SBC’s Business and Financial Plan. Read the full story from The Pathway, Missouri Baptists' news source.| Pathway
During the June 10 afternoon session of the SBC annual meeting in Dallas, SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg led messengers in celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program giving. Read the full story from The Pathway, Missouri Baptists' news source.| Pathway
Clint Pressley has been reelected SBC president and will begin his term with two newly elected officers and two officers reelected during the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas. Read the full story from The Pathway, Missouri Baptists' news source.| Pathway
Southern Baptists united to celebrate 58 newly appointed International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries, during the June 10 opening session of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas. Church messengers watched as missionaries took the stage to share their calling and thank those who are supporting their Great Commission task. One Missouri Baptist couple, Brad and Carrie from Second Baptist Church, were among the new missionaries. Read the full story from The Pathway, Missouri...| Pathway
It is possible to be well-known and desperately lonely, Sheila Walsh told a group of 2,000 women at the sold-out Ministers’ Wives Luncheon June 10 at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas. Read the full story from The Pathway, Missouri Baptists' news source.| Pathway
Stories of transformation and the importance of global outreach highlighted the International Mission Board dinner, June 9, at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Dallas. Close to 2,000 people attended the event that commemorated a milestone for the Journeyman program and honored many who have supported the IMB. Read the full story from The Pathway, Missouri Baptists' news source.| Pathway
Hispanic Baptists from across the country gathered June 9 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas for a full day of training, encouragement and spiritual growth as part of the Hispanic Celebration preceding the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting. Read the full story from The Pathway, Missouri Baptists' news source.| Pathway
When the Larson family’s son, Alaska, began struggling with his eyesight, they initially thought he would need glasses. Little did they know that he was in the early stages of a terminal genetic condition. Sam and Sydney Larson are planting a church in rural Hickman, Nebraska, and this year theirs became the latest family to be blessed during the NAMB Luncheon on June 9 hosted by the North American Mission Board (NAMB) ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas. Read ...| Pathway
“Worth Following” was the theme around which pastors gathered June 8 for the opening session of the SBC Pastors’ Conference in Dallas. Read the full story from The Pathway, Missouri Baptists' news source.| Pathway
