I really enjoyed my time in Columbus this year at the SBC Annual Meeting. Here are six factors that made this the best convention I’ve attended. Ronnie Floyd’s Leadership Last year (2014), I voted for Dennis Kim for SBC president. That wasn’t necessarily anything against Ronnie Floyd—I wanted to see us continue to celebrate our non-white Southern Baptists after electing Fred Luter the two conventions previous. All that to say I didn’t have much of an opinion of Ronnie Floyd one way or the other, positive or negative, before this year’s convention. Alan Cross’ article a few weeks ago … [Read more...] about SBC 2015 Recap
A DoM Is Not “a Pastor to Pastors”
Brent Hobbs is the pastor of Severn Baptist Church in Severn, NC. He blogs at "Deeper into Grace." The first aspect of association ministry I would like to think about is the role of the Director of Missions (DoM). The typical structure of a local Baptist association includes an "association missionary" who leads the organization. In many cases this DoM position is a full-time, paid position. Our local association is currently without a DoM, with a search committee currently looking for the next DoM to serve our association. (Just for clarity sake, I am not on the search committee of our … [Read more...] about A DoM Is Not “a Pastor to Pastors”