PHOTO GALLERY: Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting gathers in Orlando

By Kit Doyle · June 10, 2026

The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting gathered June 8-10, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. Messengers vote during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Bob Smietana) People mingle during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) Willy Rice, pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Fla., in a sermon at the 2026 SBC Pastors’ Conference on June 8, 2026, in Orlando. (Photo by Luc Stringer/Baptist Press) The Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) Thousands of messengers attend the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) The exhibit hall during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) Thousands of people attend the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) President Clint Pressley at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) Attendees at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) Attendees hold up their ballots while voting on a motion during the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Orlando. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) Attendees visit the exhibit hall during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) People attend the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando. (RNS photo/Bob Smietana) Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., speaks from the floor during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Orlando. (RNS photo/Bob Smietana) Messengers vote during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Bob Smietana) Attendees visit during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee meets Monday, June 8, 2026, in Orlando. (RNS photo/Bob Smietana) Attendees visit the exhibit hall during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) The exhibit hall during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) Attendees visit the exhibit hall during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) Thousands of messengers attend the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President Daniel Akin speaks at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Orlando. (RNS photo/Marty Jean-Louis) President Clint Pressley, on video screen, calls a vote during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. (RNS photo/Bob Smietana) People attend the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando. (RNS photo/Bob Smietana)

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