The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship recently updated their hiring policy based on a “two-part recommendation from the Illumination Project Committee, which has been working over the past 18 months to explore how Cooperative Baptists can strengthen their unity in the face of different beliefs and practices in matters of human sexuality.” Here’s the text of the updated policy: […]
Breaking: Small Group of Southern Baptists Now Opposed to the Cooperative Program
For almost 100 years now, the Cooperative Program has been the primary funding mechanism of the Southern Baptist Convention. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been raised. Tens of thousands of missionaries have been fully funded as they risked their lives to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. Tens of thousands of […]
2018 Pastor’s Conference Lineup Announced
Last May I expressed my excitement on this blog that H.B. Charles would be nominated to serve as the President of the 2018 SBC Pastor’s Conference. Then at the annual meeting in Phoenix last year, Pastor Charles was unanimously elected to serve as the first African American president of the SBC Pastor’s Conference. I have […]
The New Progressive Agenda
You may have heard that some among our Southern Baptist Convention are intent on bearing false witness against Russell Moore and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Dr. Moore is accused of pushing a progressive agenda at the ERLC. He must be stopped, it is argued. Well, the ERLC has just released their 2018 Legislative […]
The March for Life: Some Brief Reflections
My article yesterday gave some brief reflections on the Evangelicals for Life Conference that took place last week in Washington, DC. As is true each year, the conference was held on the days surrounding the annual March for Life. The schedule is cleared during the afternoon on the Friday of the March, and conference participants are encouraged to participate […]
Evangelicals for Life: Some Brief Reflections
I had the privilege of attending the Evangelicals for Life Conference in Washington, DC last week. The conference was put on by Focus on the Family and our own Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. The conference is a relatively new annual conference that is held each year on the days surrounding the annual March for […]
Andy Savage, Sexual Assault, and the Church
Let’s keep talking about sexual assault. We must. The problem is pervasive. It is not just Hollywood. It is not just Washington, DC. It’s the church too. Hence the #churchtoo hashtag on Twitter. While I maintain my point from my article on Monday, that only the church has the answer to a culture that lacks […]
Hollywood, Sexual Assault, and Last Night’s Golden Globes
Last night was the Golden Globe Awards. I am of all men the least qualified to opine on the worthiness of the winners. I have no list of losers who were robbed. I don’t even know who the winners and losers were. I haven’t looked. Truth be told, as I scanned the nominees for the […]
It’s Just Not Safe – Reflections on the Massacre in Sutherland Springs
It’s just not safe. Those are the words I recently heard from a man I invited to church. We were hosting our Fall Festival at a central location in the community. As I went around talking with families and inviting them to church, some expressed interest in coming. Others said that they already have a […]
With whom will you pray?
There was a lot of discussion on social media about a prayer gathering that took place in the Oval Office recently. Several evangelical leaders were present—including Southern Baptists Ronnie Floyd, Jack Graham, Robert Jeffress, Richard Land, Frank Page, and others. Ronnie Floyd was one of two pastors who voiced a prayer as the rest of […]
#SBCPC17 Sermons: Chris Davis – Philippians 1:27-30
All of the sermons from the 2017 SBC Pastors’ Conference are available here. Over the next few weeks we will be posting the video from each sermon here at SBC Voices along with the text for that sermon from the CSB and some notable quotes from the sermon. Let us know in the comments what you […]
#SBCPC17 Sermons: John Onwuchekwa – Philippians 1:12-26
All of the sermons from the 2017 SBC Pastors’ Conference are available here. Over the next few weeks we will be posting the video from each sermon here at SBC Voices along with the text for that sermon from the CSB and some notable quotes from the sermon. Let us know in the comments what you […]