Over the history of the Southern Baptist Convention there have been many gifted preachers. Those men have been used by God to provide timely and prophetic sermons that have guided, shaped, and corrected the course of individuals, churches, and the SBC. In this series we will look at some of those sermons. Even though most […]
Baptists You Should Know, M. Theron Rankin
The history of the SBC includes thousands of missionaries, pastors, workers, and others who often get lost to history. My goal is to highlight a few of those people in order that we can be encouraged and inspired by their lives and sacrifice. Milledge Theron Rankin was born on July 28, 1894, in Newberry, South […]
Discussion over our name is not a new thing
If you follow Southern Baptist news (and why wouldn’t you) then you are aware that recently the discussion about changing the name of the SBC to “Great Commission Baptists” has been brought back to the forefront. One of the main reasons for this is the announcement of the theme for 2021 Annual Meeting in Nashville. […]
Baptists You Should Know, B. Frank Belvin and the Jesus Road
The history of the SBC includes thousands of missionaries, pastors, workers, and others who often get lost to history. My goal is to highlight a few of those people in order that we can be encouraged and inspired by their lives and sacrifice. “I’ll skin every white man I can.” B. Frank Belvin hated white […]
Baptists You Should Know, Victor Kaneubbe
The history of the SBC includes thousands of missionaries, pastors, workers, and others who often get lost to history. My goal is to highlight a few of those people in order that we can be encouraged and inspired by their lives and sacrifice. This week we look to a pioneer in Native American Ministry. Half […]
Southern Baptist Dictionary
In 1828 Noah Webster published his crowning achievement The American Dictionary of the English Language. The book was the culmination of his life’s work and contained 70k words, of which 12k had never appeared in a dictionary before. Webster learned 26 languages to help in his work and introduced American spellings of words like color […]
Baptists You Should Know – Robert Earl Beddoe
The history of the SBC includes thousands of missionaries, pastors, workers, and others who often get lost to history. My goal is to highlight a few of those people in order that we can be encouraged and inspired by their lives and sacrifice. Robert Beddoe was born to a prominent Baptist family in Dallas, Texas […]
The Long History of Baptists and Division (Luke Holmes)
It’s impossible to study about Baptists without talking about division. The old joke that if you ask 4 Baptists you will get 5 opinions seems remarkably true to anyone who’s spent much time around a group of Baptists. As long as there have been baptists there have been splinter groups of Baptists, but some take […]