Not many would disagree in saying that the SBC is quite diverse. We are diverse in every area of church life. We are diverse in our style of worship; fundamentalist, traditional, contemporary, blended, modern, and this list could go on forever... With 16 million Baptists on record we have 160 million ways of doing things. I do not want to spend much time talking about diversity in our style of worship, but more importantly our diversity in our philosophies of ministry. One would have to be ignorant not to see all of the diverse opinions within the SBC. We are all trying to figure out … [Read more...] about Is Baptist Diversity Holding Us Back?
SBC Issues
Get Your Blog Listed
If you are a Southern Baptist, maintain a blog, and would like to get listed on SBC Voices - please do the following: Email Tony@SBCvoices.com your name, blog URL, state, and any other details. Consider linking SBC Voices using the banners below. Wait ... most sites will be listed within 48 hours. 150 px wide Sidebar Button Copy and paste this html into your blog sidebar or post. <a title="Southern Baptist Blogs" href="https://sbcvoices.com"><img src="https://sbcvoices.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/sbcvoices150.jpg" alt="SBC Voices Logo" /></a> 180 px … [Read more...] about Get Your Blog Listed
SBC Outpost Redirected
I was browsing feeds and notice that all that sbcoutpost.com has now been redirected to www.sbcimpact.net I didn't hear the offical word that the site was going offline. Does anyone know the story? … [Read more...] about SBC Outpost Redirected
Writers Wanted: Join SBC Voices
SBC Voices is just under one year old, and up to this point we've posted very little content of our own. The emphasis was to create one site to listen to all the different voices in SBC life. To date, we have 394 feeds and news sources listed by state and other factors. Moving forward I'll be finding writers to create original posts here on SBC Voices. We'll be joining the conversation started by so many other SBC bloggers. Here are the volunteers I'm need: Help Wanted Our content editor will be experienced with WordPress and control the flow of posts on the blog. This person will be … [Read more...] about Writers Wanted: Join SBC Voices
SBC Bloggers & Hurricane Gustav
Because our SBC blogs are tagged by state, you can follow bloggers from the areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. Here are the states to watch. Louisiana Southern Baptist Bloggers Mississippi Southern Baptist Bloggers Texas Southern Baptist Bloggers … [Read more...] about SBC Bloggers & Hurricane Gustav
Winning The Real Battle At Church: What Holds Your Church Together During Troubled Times
The following information was sent to me and I thought it might interest some of our SBC Voices readers: There is a new discipleship resource available titled, Winning The Real Battle At Church: What Holds Your Church Together During Troubled Times (190 pages, 8 ½ by 11, softcover, BHC Publishing, 2008). Designed for individual, small group or church wide use, Winning The Real Battle At Church equips congregations to address church conflict proactively and biblically. The interactive format of this resource is unique among materials currently available in the areas of biblical conflict … [Read more...] about Winning The Real Battle At Church: What Holds Your Church Together During Troubled Times
Calling For Feeds
I've worked through the feed recovery process, and I have about 95% of the feeds back into the aggregations pages. The final 5% would require a lot of backtracking and mining old emails, which I most likely will never get around to doing. So, I need your help. As always, you can send me information about blogs that should be included in SBC Voices. My goal is to include as many different "SBC Voices" as possible. Here is the information that I need: blog URL name of blogger state of blogger SBC church any other categories that I tag including: denominational employees, ministers, … [Read more...] about Calling For Feeds
SBC Indy 2008 Is History … At least for me
I'm back from the convention, partially because of church tonight and partially because it was a very discouraging experience for me. My 1st Convention Experience I won't air my criticisms here, at least not until I've had more time to pray. But I am freshly convicted of the priority of godliness, humility and no-spin-truth-telling in my own life. I think the best summation of what I observed at the convention was written by Dr. Donal Whitney. On his website is an article titled THE ALMOST INEVITABLE RUIN OF EVERY MINISTER . . . AND HOW TO AVOID IT. This afternoon I printed this article … [Read more...] about SBC Indy 2008 Is History … At least for me
SBC Indy Down 1,300 Messengers Over 4 Years
What story does these numbers tell? I was curious about the difference between the 2004 SBC Indy and the 2008 SBC Indy. Here are the best numbers I could find, you write the story. 2004 - "about 8,500" via 2004 BP News story 2008 - "7,196" via 2008 BP News Blog So, there were roughly 1,304 fewer messengers in the same city, only four years later. That's around a 15% drop in attendance. Any theories? … [Read more...] about SBC Indy Down 1,300 Messengers Over 4 Years
SBC Presidential Nominees Respond
Baptist Press has posted the responses to their SBC Presidential questionnaire. I am thankful for BP and their efforts to inform the messengers. Frank Cox's responses to questionnaire Wiley Drake's responses to questionnaire Johnny Hunt's responses to questionnaire Les Puryear's responses to questionnaire Bill Wagner's responses to questionnaire Avery Willis' responses to questionnaire … [Read more...] about SBC Presidential Nominees Respond