1. Calling off Orlando was 100% the right thing. I love the annual meeting and look forward to it. Calling this one off was the right call. Even if we are blessed and the COVID-19 virus crisis fades quickly, we need to be spending the next couple of months ministering in our communities, not preparing […]
The SBC Annual Meeting Has Been Cancelled
Baptist Press has just released a statement informing us that the SBC annual meeting in Orlando has been canceled. The EC voted 77-0 to take this action. This has been expected for a couple of weeks but is now final. Key information: 1. The elected officers will continue for another year. J.D. Greear remains president […]
An SBC Voices Forum: How’s It Going, Televangelists?
I am in the “studio” this Sunday morning – except it is Saturday and I’m going to confused all week. I got up early like I do on Sunday, got dressed up like I do on Sunday (as all respectable pastors do!), came into the church to finalize my sermon and preach it, like I […]
This Hardheaded Old Codger Is STILL [NOT] Going to Africa*
*barring further developments! **Further developments happened. In discussing this with the missionary in Senegal, he thought it best if we postpone. Go ahead, call me stupid. That will be one of the nicest things I’ve been called on social media recently! I am scheduled to leave for Senegal next Saturday, March […]
Examining the Work of EC Chairman Mike Stone
The Pastors’ Conference – Long-Term Solutions
As you can tell, I was pretty upset yesterday when the Executive Committee took the unprecedented step of asserting authority over the Pastors’ Conference. I don’t know of anyone – literally ANYONE – who is excited about this year’s Pastors’ Conference slate of speakers. I find myself in the odd position of defending the right […]
An Unfortunate Takeover of the PC by the EC
The Executive Committee has given into pressure and is threatening David Uth with banishment from the Convention facilities unless he kowtows to their demands and rearranges his speaking schedule at the PC. This is unprecedented and an unfair last-minute change. Uth could probably sue if he were of a mind to do so. I am […]
Uth Responds to Critics
David Uth, pastor of First Baptist, Orlando, and president of the 2020 SBC Pastors’ Conference, has responded to the movement by some to pressure him into changing the SBC Pastors’ Conference schedule he has designed. He is not backing down, but he has removed one point of attack for the critics. Some were seeking to […]
The LAST Thing the SBC Needs Is EC Oversight of the Pastors’ Conference
I am not saying this to defend or to criticize David Uth. If I were president of the PC, I would not be doing some of the same things he is doing this year. Oh, if I didn’t have an agenda such as the one we used back in 2017, I would enthusiastically invite Vance […]
Conservative Baptist Network: Reflections
Another new Baptist network has formed, purporting to represent the grassroots majority of Baptists who have been disenfranchised somehow (since all our meetings allow open voting) that is going to lead us away from a drift into “woke” theology and liberalism. The networks have formed – some made a big splash and others barely a […]
An Unprecedented Opportunity among Muslims
I spent an hour on the phone yesterday with a kid who grew up in one of my previous churches. I have to be vague because he now works in a high-security Muslim country where it is illegal to share Christ. I was absolutely amazed at what God was doing through him and others in […]
Why I’m Struggling with the Value of Blogging (And Social Media)
I haven’t been writing much. Thanks to William and others for holding down the site during my unscheduled, sort-of sabbatical. It’s been intense at the church and a time of family crisis (both of my parents have rounded the final turn and are headed for the finish line), plus some stuff I can’t talk about, […]