Update: They have just created a website for it, complete with a declaration and a place for you to sign it. Here’s the link – Great Commission Resurgence. After reading over and thinking through Danny Akin’s call for a Great Commission Resurgence, I began to ask which local churches were doing this kind of ministry. [...]
That was the theme of matriculation when my husband enrolled at Boyce Bible School (College today), in 1979. We were so excited. We sold our home, the majority of our belongings, said good-bye to family, packed up our children, and caravaned with another couple from East Hartford, Connecticut to Louisville, Kentucky. We had no solid revelation as [...]
On April 21 the Courier-Journal, based out of Louisville, KY, ran this article concerning the state of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. It is hard to tell if the findings are truly representative of all SBC state conventions, or the SBC as a whole, but the numbers quoted by the article are enough to deserve attention [...]
Now that Matt has taken over making SBC voices awesome (seriously when I saw the new contributors I nearly flipped for joy), I have a few extra minutes a day to work on my other websites. One of the most promising is My Christian Blogs. It’s like an All-Top for blogs with a Christian worldview. [...]
After days of intense negotiation, I have designated Matt Svoboda as the new Editor of SBC Voices. Matt is the founder of the Evangelical Village blog and been a regular contributor to SBC Voices. I will continue as technical administrator and contributor, but Matt will be in charge of daily operations. I am excited about [...]
Just when you think peace has returned to Kummeropolis. I’m celebrating the one month mark of Devotional Christian by seriously paying it forward. So, if you hate books and are opposed to quiet times – just ignore this post.
In America, brand perception is the reality. This is bad news for Southern Baptists, if a recent straw poll by LifeWay’s Thom Rainer is correct. Last week, he sent out requests on his @ThomRainer twitter page with this simple question: What do you think when you hear ‘Southern Baptist’? Despite the informal approach, this may [...]
As Southern Baptists, we have long prided ourselves as “people of the Book.” I can recall this description used about our denomination my entire life. When I did a paper a couple of years ago about Baptist history, I enjoyed reading the tales of early Baptists who disputed publicly with people of other denominations, asking [...]