Baptist Press reported: Johnny Hunt to lead NAMB evangelism leadership group
The group Hunt will be leading will be focused on championing the cause of evangelism among Southern Baptist churches and pastors. It will also equip pastors with tools and leadership skills that will allow them to lead their churches to become more evangelistically active.
NAMB critics should be satisfied with this, since they have found NAMB’s lack of an evangelism staff to be a profitable route to gripe about the SBC’s declining baptism numbers. Predictably, no evidence links the two unless you are a big fallacy fan.
I like what NAMB is doing and support the move. Perhaps NAMB can move the needle on evangelistic results for the entire SBC. No doubt Hunt, with a long record of entrepreneurial, creative, and effective church leadership has ideas this hacker and plodder, semi-retired pastor doesn’t have. Let’s see what they are.
But I’m not sold on major changes being driven by national leadership no matter how high the profile. At least it will be a simple matter to judge Hunt’s success: either baptisms go up or they don’t. Conferences held, times preached, evangelistic tools sold…all those are secondary. We baptize more or we don’t. One suggestion, find a way for NAMB to encourage greater family size, more kids. That would do it.
Manifestly above my pay grade but this is how we do things in our Grand Convention. My prayers for his success.
A bit of Monday morning irascibility: can we find a term other than “champion”?
William Thornton: Champion of widening vocabulary choices among Southern Baptists.
Smart alec…but thanks for the photo.
So, I take it, William, that you are not a fan of Carman’s music?
CB, your query leads me to to one: Who exactly IS a fan of Carmen’s “music”?
On topic – i think Dr. hunt is a great choice for this endeavor.
Surely there is a Carman fan somewhere. Not me or any of my household. And yes, I think the choice of Dr. Hunt is a good one.
Maybe “herald”?
It’s hard for me to imagine someone who would be a better choice than Johnny Hunt for this role. No doubt Woodstock is sorry to have him make this transition but if there’s anyone who can make a helpful contribution in this area, Hunt has to be one of the first names that come to mind.
If this is the approach on the subject, then I can’t think of a better choice. Like I said…let’s see what comes out.
Another example of the new hospital director … whose hospital loses 2/3 of it patients to death … kicking off a program to build more beds.
What does that mean? This sounds rather pessimistic and uncharitable. Can you elaborate?
Johnny Hunt is a good choice to lead evangelism.
I applaud NAMB emphasizing evangelism.
We should all emphasize it more.
David R. Brumbelow
Bright days ahead for evangelism in the SBC with Johnny Hunt at the helm. He is the real deal, and a kingdom Christian from first to last. He is flying all the way to California to my church with Jim Law to train pastors to be leaders in evangelism and discipleship in the challenging San Francisco Bay area in September. We are so honored to have him!