SBC elections not lacking candidates in 2021
May 26, 2021
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NASHVILLE (BP) Some SBC annual meetings offer little speculation as to the outcomes of the election of officers. The 2021 annual meeting in Nashville will not be one of those.
With just a few weeks left until official nominations are made, multiple nominees have been announced for various SBC-related offices.
So far, there are four announced candidates for SBC president, five for vice president roles, and one each for recording secretary and registration secretary.
Randy Adams
Citing a desire for Southern Baptists’ focus to “be on the mission, with the Bible as our sole and final authority on all matters,” Northwest Baptist Convention Executive Director/Treasurer Randy Adams announced Jan. 20 he would be nominated for SBC president.
Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren speaks at the Closing Gala of Proclaim 19, the NRB International Christian Media Convention in Anaheim, California | NRB
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler says Rick Warren s California-based Saddleback Church is in direct violation of denominational teaching for ordaining three women pastors and is calling for the denomination to reaffirm its teaching.Â
âThis past week, Saddleback Community Church in California ordained three women as pastors. In a development described by the church as âhistoric,â the church posted a photograph of the ordinations with the text: âSaddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren and others pray over the first three women the church has ordained as pastors,ââ Mohler wrote in an op-ed published on his website Monday.Â
Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren speaks at the Closing Gala of Proclaim 19, the NRB International Christian Media Convention in Anaheim, California | NRB
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler says Rick Warren s California-based Saddleback Church is in direct violation of denominational teaching for ordaining three women pastors and is calling for the denomination to reaffirm its teaching.
“This past week, Saddleback Community Church in California ordained three women as pastors. In a development described by the church as ‘historic,’ the church posted a photograph of the ordinations with the text: ‘Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren and others pray over the first three women the church has ordained as pastors,’” Mohler wrote in an op-ed published on his website Monday.