SBC This Week

Last week, the Executive Committee announced the formation of an ad hoc committee and a study by the officers in response to Prestonwood's escrowing of CP funds. This week, we talk with Dr. Stephen Rummage, chairman of the EC, about these study groups.

The announcement by Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, TX, that it would be escrowing CP funds indefinitely brought about a swift response from the Executive Committee this week.

SBC President Steve Gaines spoke with state Baptist paper editors this week on a wide range of topics relevant to the SBC.

Pastor HB Charles II and the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL, made news this week following a church merger with a church in Orange Park, FL.

Crisis has been averted it seems as Cooperative Program giving has regained the momentum we saw in much of 2016. Total CP gifts are now 3.11% above budget for FY 2017.

Vice President Mike Pence is among this week's participants at the March for Life, which is held in conjunction with ERLC's Evangelicals for Life Conference. Also, we talk Super Bowl and churches thanks to some new LifeWay Research.

On this inauguration day, we cover encouraging new abortion stats, the ERLC legislative agenda, and examine the cabinet appointees for President Trump.

The Gettys will be headlining the SBC Pastors' Conference in 2017. We also catch up on the news to start 2017 in the SBC.

We look forward to 2017 and ask ten questions of relevance for the denomination.

We look back at our 16 questions for 2016 and see how things played out throughout the year.

Dave Miller Joins us to discuss the 2017 Pastors Conference roster and we cover this week's news regarding the ERLC.

Dr. Mike Routt joins us to discuss new legislation in Colorado as well as the upcoming search for a new state convention executive director. Also, thinks get piggy late in the show during the history segment. Don't miss that story.

Cooperative Program giving is falling further behind budget as receipts came in even lower than October numbers. Also, Dr. Michael Wilkinson, Dean of the College at Southwestern, joins us as we conclude our series on SBC seminary colleges.

Wildfires raged in East Tennessee this week destroying hundreds of homes, businesses, and churches. Also, Dr. Matthew J. Hall, Dean of Boyce College, joins us as we continue our series on SBC seminary colleges.

We recap several state convention annual meetings which were held over the past week and talk Thanksgiving and Black Friday.