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Episode #004

Covering all the news that came from the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention Annual meeting as well as a few highlights of the week and our personal favorite moments.

Annual Meeting Business Recap

• Executive Committee Report on Racial Diversity: In response to a motion from Alan Cross – http://bit.ly/1J89hih
• Resolutions Passed: Messengers affirm nine resolutions – http://bit.ly/1GVPW1j
  • Resolution 1 – On Appreciation for Columbus
  • Resolution 2 – On the 90th Anniversary of the Cooperative Program
  • Resolution 3 – On Revival and Spiritual Awakening
  • Resolution 4 – On Racial Reconciliation
  • Resolution 5 – On the Call to Public Witness on Marriage
  • Resolution 6 – On the Sanctity of Human Life
  • Resolution 7 – On Pornography and Secual Purity
  • Resolution 8 – On the Persecuted Church Worldwide
  • Resolution 9 – On Religious Persecution and Human Rights Violations in North Korea
• Washington Post coverage of SBC15

Highlights of the convention:

• Different seating layout
• Different stage setup
• James MacDonald announces Harvest Bible Chapel will join the SBC
• Tuesday night prayer service
• IMB & NAMB joint commissioning service
• Alumni luncheons honor graduates
• Austin Stone Community Church and The Summit Church partner to endow a chair for a professor of church planting at SEBTS

Tweets from the week:

Amazing #SBC15 convention led by a Great leader @ronniefloyd.
More excited about the future than ever before.

— Robby Gallaty (@Rgallaty) June 18, 2015

Does anyone remember a more unified, positive, encouraging, and hopeful convention than this year's? Thanks – @ronniefloyd #SBC15

— Dave Miller (@davemiller7) June 18, 2015

Previous SBCs were business meetings interrupted by hymns. 2015: a worship service with interspersed business opportunities. #SBC15

— Bruce Truman (@b_truman) June 17, 2015

Thank you to @ronniefloyd & @andrewhebert86 for a great #SBC15 schedule. The most spiritual annual meet