From the monthly archives:
There has been a divisive issue within Evangelicalism lately and it has hit the SBC once again. Wade Burleson recently wrote about the Georgia Baptist Convention’s intentions to disfellowship with First Baptist Church of Decatur, Georgia. I encourage you to read the post yourself. I warn you that it is very long and I cannot [...]
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Update: After testing, I don’t think the current readership fits well with the idea. Just go to churchStaffing.com instead. I’m testing a new job board feature for this site. It’s integrated through a third party company and if it works it could be a revenue stream for this blog. But for now, I’ve set up [...]
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I just sent out the January edition of our Baptist Buzz email newsletter. It’s the easiest way for you to keep up with what’s being talked about on SBC blogs. Every month, I summarize the leading conversations and links some example posts. Why are we doing a newsletter? The simple answer is this: I wanted [...]
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We moved to Havelock North Carolina last summer and recently took an orientation type class at our new church. As part of the class, the Pastor presents all new members and/or member prospects the book Living Your Strengths by Winseman, Clifton, and Liesveld from Gallup Press. Included on the inside of each book jacket is [...]
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There was a USA Today story that came across my Google Reader tonight tagged “Southern Baptist Convention.” It was plug for the new Ted Haggard documentary on HBO, but they also quoted LifeWay statistics about pastoral dismissals. One note: The LifeWay figures are about forced terminations. According to the LifeWay article, “The other thing to consider [...]
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Bradley Cochran just sent me a reminder about a new ministry/website called URBAN GLORY. It looks like a great resource, especially for anyone in the Louisville area. Here are links to the U R B A N G L O R Y website, information about the 3D Event in Louisville this Friday 1/30/09, an interview with the co-founders, and a brief vision [...]
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What methods and verse do you recommend for memorizing the Bible. Now that I’m out of seminary – I have no excuses for not packing my brain full of bible verses. What would you suggest? So, far my goals include: Relearn all the recently memorized verses Work through this list from Justin Taylor [PDF from [...]
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As some of you may have seen, in December 2007 there was quite a commotion caused about certain SBC churches mixing “beer with [their] Bible.” This was occurring in various ways, through Bible studies being hosted at bars, poker nights with BYOB notices, or simply just an open policy about a Christians right to brew [...]
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