California Southern Baptist Convention
Empowering the vision of churches
Church
Planting
Partnering with churches to discover, develop, and deploy church planters to reach California for Christ.
Small
Church
Resourcing, supporting, and encouraging California's small churches.
Church
Revitalization
Leading churches through the complexities of church life and ministry.
Evangelism
& Missions
Preparing churches to be on mission beyond the walls of their buildings.
Reporting by Tyler Sanders, Director of Communications, for Gateway Seminary NASHVILLE—Gateway Seminary’s mission is exemplified in biblical diversity and by a significant graduation milestone, President Jeff Iorg told messengers during his report at the Southern Baptist Convention June 16. “Gateway is your daily demonstration of the power of the gospel to unify people from a…
NASHVILLE—Three California Southern Baptists were appointed by the International Mission Board, several were elected to serve on SBC boards and committees in the future and three were nominated, but defeated, to serve as elected officials for the Southern Baptist Convention and Pastors’ Conference during the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting June 15-16. Appointed to serve as…
Re-engaging for the first time in 15 months, more than 140 San Diego Southern Baptist Association pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders gathered at Bethel Baptist Church in Escondido on June 8. Mike Carlisle, director of missions for the association, introduced a new plan to divide the 4,200 square mile county into six regions to…