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Latest news: 2025 SBC Annual Meeting preview; Rankin’s new role; deadly weekend storm; Biden’s cancer diagnosis

Check out these recent headlines, reported by The Baptist Paper.
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Latest news: 2025 SBC Annual Meeting preview; Rankin’s new role; deadly weekend storm; Biden’s cancer diagnosis

To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper, see below.

1. What you need to know about this year’s SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas.

SBC 2025 preview: All eyes on Dallas — What will be the big issues this year?

2. Jerry Rankin, who served as IMB president for 17 years before retiring, has been named alongside his wife, Joy, as the group’s directors of strategic growth.

Rankin to join new ministry Anchored International

3. Relief efforts are underway after a deadly tornado outbreak ripped through the Ohio Valley region May 16–17, killing at least 28 people and leaving widespread devastation in Kentucky, Missouri …

Deadly storms in Kentucky, Missouri: Baptist DR teams launch response

4. Former President Joe Biden, 82, has reportedly been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office announced Sunday (May 18), according to multiple media reports.

Biden announces ‘aggressive’ cancer diagnosis


EDITOR’S NOTE — These stories were compiled by The Baptist Paper.

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