Dennis Ellingburg is one of the authors at Smallchurchshepherds, It is devoted to assisting those who serve smaller churches in the SBC. Every year, thousands of men and women from across the country gather in cities from Phoenix, Arizona to Atlanta, Georgia to meet with other members of the Southern Baptist Convention for the Annual Meeting. This year, I am planning on going to Birmingham for the meetings and am excited to give you three reasons why I think you should go to. We need CONNECTION One of the main reasons why I love conventions and conferences is because of the … [Read more...] about Why I’m Going to the 2019 Southern Baptist Convention (Dennis Ellingburg)
Things I Wish I Knew Before Going Into Ministry (Lee Faler)
Editor's Note: we are going to be including regular features of interest to Southern Baptists. There is a fine new blog called "Small Church Shepherds " and I invited them to share their posts here. I was ordained into the gospel ministry six year ago, and have been on staff as either a pastor or youth pastor for the better part of 12 years. To this day I will quickly and without hesitation say that there is nothing I would rather do than shepherd the flock of God. From time to time, however, there are things that make me think “I wish I had known that before I went into the … [Read more...] about Things I Wish I Knew Before Going Into Ministry (Lee Faler)