The biggest hole in SBC children’s ministries is the neglect of using a Baptist catechism. How to Easily Implement a Baptist Catechism in Your Children’s Ministry.
If I Could Travel in Time…
Young Dave and Jenni At age 60, with something pretty close to a clean bill of health from my doctor, I have no intentions of dropping out of ministry any time soon. I don’t know if I have five years, or fifteen, or twenty-five left in active ministry. I am planning to keep preaching and […]
An “SBC Voices Miracle”
I will never forget the Tuesday back in late March or early April when my friend, Dr. Janice Galli, called me just after suppertime. I had been sick since I returned from Senegal at the end of February and she finally said it was time to check things out. We ran about 4 million tests […]
Christians Facing Serious Crisis in California (Greg Davidson)
The California Statehouse certainly has the reputation of passing legislation that is extreme and activist against Christians and their Biblical worldview. Recently the Supreme Court struck down AB775, a law passed by the California Assembly and Senate and signed into law by the Governor, that would have forced pro-life clinics to post notices, and tell […]
NAMB establishes an evangelism team
You’ve seen the tweets from NAMB: We are launching a new Evangelism and Leadership team that will equip and mobilize pastors and churches for evangelism. More news coming this weekend on who will be leading.1:30 PM – 10 Aug 2018 Steve Gaines’ Evangelism Task Force recommended that “senior level leadership” be hired in this area. […]
What I Learned from John Bisagno (Dean Stewart)
My week began with the news that John Bisagno, longtime pastor of First Baptist Houston, had died. Knowing that Bro. John lived a long, full life and had honored our Savior all along the way I celebrate his passing. I am certain in glory he echoes God’s Word, “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, […]
Encouragement for Churches?
Statistical data among churches is on an up-swing. Yes, you read that sentence correctly. There are many key statistics that should encourage beleaguered churches and pastors. The focus of this post is a summary of Dr. Thom Rainer’s podcast interview with Tony Morgan, head of The Unstuck Church Group. You can find The Unstuck Group here, […]
Law profs: Cash clergy housing allowance is unconstitutional
A federal district judge has already ruled that the cash housing allowance paid to ministers is unconstitutional (the HA that includes a parsonage is a separate section of the tax code and was not challenged). This is the case brough by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The case is on appeal with the Seventh Circuit […]
The Cooperative Program will almost certainly be up for the fiscal year
After ten months of this fiscal year the CP is looking like there will be a slight increase for the year. Last year the Florida Baptist Convention sold their building and made a $3.1 million gift to the CP allocation budget. Because of that the yearly total may be slightly under last year. National CP […]
Georgia Baptists have a nominee for our state convention CEO
The Georgia Baptist Mission Board is one of the largest state conventions ranking second or third by several measures. The GBMB will likely be the second largest contributor to the SBC Cooperative Program allocation budget this year. Our CEO is retiring after 25 years and a new one has been nominated. Thomas Hammond to be […]
The SBC needs vigorous Traditionalist voices
So, what’s up with the Trads these days? The loose SBC political sub-group generally labeled “Traditionalists” has manifestly been in disarray since the late May SBC Today meltdown and severe losses at the mid-June SBC. Please, don’t throw any hymnals at me for saying it. The Facebook discussion page was jettisoned and has been replaced […]
Evangelism or Compassion?
I’m excited about the recent upswing in public words of affirmation for local baptist associations. I love hearing about the good things happening all around our convention related to the very important (I’d even say pivotal) role that the association can play in permeating the larger local area with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. My […]