Jonathan Howe

In 2025, Southern Baptists planted 792 churches! 📈 699 new plants (Highest since 2016) 🙌 93 replants (praise God) Added to our convention ⬇️ 32 new campuses & 127 new affiliates Altogether - 951 total new congregations in 2025! 💡 But “churches added” isn’t the end goal. Its souls reached, disciples made, and cities impacted.   Join us in celebrating with Heaven ⬇️ Send Network church plants saw more than 28,250 people profess faith in Christ in 2025! --- We’re praising God for 2025— for courageous missionaries, for sacrificial sending churches, and for those who give to make it all possible!

@awjaques Oh Culver’s. Solid.

@Jonathan_Howe Hardee’s gets a bad rap but I’d take their burgers over these most days. Culver’s & Sonic definitely deserve to be considered. At least they didn’t include cook out.

America’s favorite burgers. Y’all need help. 1. Five Guys 2. Burger King 3. In-N-Out 4. Wendy’s 5. McDonald’s apple.news/AAjfbFwgRRzC2M…

@ahendricks00 Send them to Myrtle.

@Jonathan_Howe Jonathan please delete this. South Carolina is full.

Thinking about this tonight. Underrated state: South Carolina Underrated city: Charleston, West Virginia What are yours?

I hate that I have to say this every year, but this is a scam and there is no way for us to stop it. They're fake people selling fake lists from fake email addresses. We do not sell attendee information, and these people are not associated with the SBC. They are fraudsters—lying liars from Liarville.

On a mass consumer scale, it's probably the iPhone.

Not sure what it is, but I know Microsoft Outlook is not the answer.

BP story here: baptistpress.com/resource-libra…

News of the day: New president named at @Lifeway - Ryan Blackwell, executive pastor and teaching pastor at Cross Church in Springdale, Arkansas.

Quick update for #SBC26. The @Lifeway discipleship micro-conference has re-opened for registration. We were able to open up some more space after it filled up last week. Register here: lifeway.com/en/events/sbc-…

@matthewdaniel34 @johnnynixjr @maseballard Correct.

@johnnynixjr @maseballard Affordability also comes into play with the city that it can realistically be held in. For example, I would love for it to be in Atlanta as a native Georgian but it would be $350 per night for what would serve as the convention hotel next to the GWCC. @Jonathan_Howe can confirm.

That the South has an inherent right to host the vast majority of SBC annual meetings rests on a presupposition that it is fundamentally a regional denomination held together by gospel commitment *and* cultural proclivities.

Quick note for anyone who might see this story. The fire was in Hall E2 of the West Concourse. While we are in the same concourse, that is not a space we are using (we are in A-D). We are still working on getting more info from the OCCC, but #SBC26 should not be affected. meetings.skift.com/2026/04/15/fir…

This week’s Road to Orlando was one of the best we’ve had this year. I enjoy all of them, but this discussion with Joe and Chad was an absolute treat. youtube.com/watch?v=VSG2qE…

Congrats to @evanlenow on his unanimous election as @ERLC president.

@TARBENDERJAY @ItsGovertime He already signed an extension this year for $2.5m over 2 years. He’s locked in through 2027-28.

@ItsGovertime He is getting a nice contract soon

Justus Annunen is 4-2-0 in his last six games. He's allowed 9 goals in those 6 games, good for a 1.50 GAA. Also, he's stopped 179 of the 188 shots he's faced, good for a .952 SV%. #Preds

Private equity ruins the world. Looking at you, @sonicdrivein.

33,123 baptisms in 2025! Praise the Lord! That is an 8% increase over the previous year.