Churches do some strange things and high among the head-scratchers is how many churches have an affection for promoting personality inventories in their congregation. The most well-known of these is, of course, that one with a hyphenated name which doesn’t include the term “personality” at all. I pass on dropping the name because I don’t […]
The Never-ending Struggle of Ministry
I called to talk to Julie a moment ago to see if I could come by and see her father again. “Dad passed away this morning.” It left me with a feeling of guilt that I’ve experienced often before. On Monday, my supposed day off, I got a call from the father of a man […]
Five Questions I Respectfully Ask Five Southern Baptist Convention Entities To Answer
Five Entities: Southern Baptist Executive Committee (EC), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS), International Mission Board (IMB), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS), and Lifeway. There are five questions that I plan to forward to five SBC entities (listed above), who have hired, or will be hiring a President for each entity, in the months ahead. […]
A childhood friend takes his life
“Billy died,” my father said over the telephone. “I thought you would want to know.” It was unusual for me to receive a call from my dad, so I expected something serious. “I think he took his own life.” Billy was a close childhood friend from years past. I was surprised and saddend to hear […]
Dr. Steve Horn Recommended to Lead Louisiana Baptists
A Louisiana search committee has decided on the candidate they will recommend to serve as the next Executive Director of the Louisiana Baptist Convention. Dr. Steve Horn, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Lafayette, Louisiana will be presented to the LBC Executive Board’s Administrative Committee during a special meeting slated for Thursday, April 11. If the […]
Praying for International Missionaries
We hosted a “Revive This Nation” student preach at our church three weeks ago. Pastor Omotayo is a PHd student working to get his Phd in Christian counseling. I would encourage every church to host a “Revive This Nation” preacher in March of 2020. It’s a great opportunity to encourage student preachers. The seminary matches […]
To Attend, or Not Attend, That Is the Question
I enjoy attending the Annual Session of the Southern Baptist Convention each year. Our annual Vacation Bible School and the second week of June SBC session have often conflicted on our church calendar. I have usually opted to attend the SBC, when that occurs, and left an Associate in charge. This year we scheduled the […]
The SBC’s worst kept secret and how if this were the real Army, SBCers would be in the hoosegow
That Ronnie Floyd was the Executive Committee’s nominee for CEO was the worst kept secret in the entire Southern Baptist Convention. If you didn’t know, consider yourself dangerously (or, delightfully) unconnected. Chuck Kelley looks bad because of statements he is said to have made about race and the NOBTS’ presidential search. Multiple, credible, anonymous sources […]
Ronnie Floyd has hit the ground running
As of Tuesday, Ronnie Floyd is the new President-elect of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee. I assume the ‘elect’ part of his new title will be dropped after Sunday when he officially resigns as the Senior Pastor of Cross Church in Northwest Arkansas. It is clear, however, that his dual status this week has […]
‘Pretty much all lies’ is not good enough
Yesterday Ronnie Floyd was elected President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee. Congratulations! We should all be rooting for Dr. Floyd. I know I am. This is an important time in the life of our convention and we need strong, wise leadership coming from the Executive Committee. Let’s all commit to praying for Dr. […]
Let’s be optimistic about Ronnie Floyd and the future of the SBC
Congratulations to Ronnie Floyd on being elected our day-to-day, SBC leader. And congratulations on having a job that has exactly zero power over the 47,000 SBC churches and their often unruly clergy and members. SBC Voices has a leader, Dave Miller (who has a nice article from two days ago about RF) and several others, […]
Ronnie Floyd Has Been Elected EC President
By a vote of 68-1, The Executive Committee has elected Ronnie Floyd as its next president. Check Baptist Press for more details. Ronnie’s response on Twitter: .@ronniefloyd: ‘We asked the Lord for a declarative showing … Based on your call, I will be, this coming Sunday, resigning from’ Cross Church ‘and immediately taking the […]