From the category archives:

Cooperative Program

Hey folks, it’s time for a new installment of our award-winning “5 Questions with…” series.  We’ve been taking a brief hiatus, one that was not foreknown but was indeed predestined by my fall workload. Today’s subject is Fuzzy Goldenblister, an IMB worker for somewhere between 10 and 15 years.  He’s roguishly handsome, erudite, and cooks [...]

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Get To’s and Got To’s

by Anthony Russo on October 17, 2011

For twenty years I did computer support in corporate America.  I was privileged to work at some of the best companies in the world.  I was getting paid to do what I loved.  Not only that, I can think of dozens of opportunities I had to experience insanely fun things.  Early in my career I [...]

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The nation’s economy is in a crunch.  Unemployment rates are high, gas is high, utilities are high, the dollar is falling…translate this to church and the SBC: giving is down and the Cooperative Program is down.  Many churches are having to slash budgets (including mine—our budget year ends the last day of June and it [...]

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Based on these 10 reasons, do you think Kevin Ezell stinks? I sure do!

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What Must We Do To Be Relevant

by SelahV on March 18, 2011

With all the problems in the world, we often question who to help and how to help them.  We worry about giving and having our hard-earned money being mis-spent. As a child I learned that the money Baptists give to missions is one of the best ways to give and be assured the assistance we give makes all [...]

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What Is Good about the SBC?

by Dave Miller on November 12, 2010

I think there is a lot wrong with the current SBC. I’ve been vocal about the culture of secrecy, the mega-church mentality, the legalism and so many other things.  On blogs, we tend to focus on what is wrong, what is bad, what needs to be fixed. But, aren’t there some good things as well? [...]

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Over at Baptist Press, soon-to-retire SBC Executive Committee President and C.E.O. Dr. Morris Chapman has posted a lengthy almost 9,000 word response to the final report of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. I highly encourage people to read it as it provides the perspective of someone who knows the ins-and-outs of SBC convention life [...]

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In Ergun Caner is a real ex-Muslim, I challenged the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia to be wise stewards of God’s cooperative program resources and prayerfully consider if Liberty University is bringing God glory.  I did this because I assumed that the SBC of Virginia was supporting Liberty University financially.  I was wrong.  Brandon Picket, Director of [...]

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