My husband and I, like many others within the church body, have a deep and abiding love for children. We have always considered our church family to be a great and lasting influence in our lives and are thankful for each and every person we have met along the way. We don’t live near family […]
Great Commission Resurgence Task Force
— Ronnie Floyd (chairperson), pastor, FBC Springdale, Ark. — Johnny Hunt, pastor, FBC, Woodstock, Ga., SBC president — Jim Richards, executive director, Southern Baptists of Texas Convention — Frank Page, pastor, FBC, Taylors, S.C. — David Dockery, president, Union University — Simon Tsoi, first vice chairman, International Mission Board — Donna Gaines, Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, Tenn. — Al […]
Celebration from Chaos- Day 1 of the SBC Annual Meeting
At 10a.m. I thought chaos would rule the day. At 3p.m. I was even more sure of it. But by 11p.m., in a room full of cheerful brethren and exhausted, honorable leaders, I was more firm in my Southern Baptist devotion than ever. This was the first day of the 2009 SBC Annual Meeting. The […]
SBC 2009: Tops Out Clicked Stories From Tuesday
Social media is making the SBC annual meeting more transparent and real time than ever before. The tweets have been amazing for real time information, but the blogs are still where you can get the full story. So, let me share some of the most out clicked stories we’ve featured on SBC Voices so far. […]
Great Commission Resurgence passes overwhelmingly!
So, what now? Can the convention finally go beyond the Conservative Resurgence? Can we be gospel, mission and word, centered from top to bottom? We shall see…
SBC Church Planting Questions
My pastor has asked some good questions over at the 9Marks blog. I encourage you to read his entire post Coming Up . . . The SBC. I’ve taken some excerpts from it so we can discuss it here. Yes, he knows. However, he doesn’t know exactly what I’m going to say in between. <grin> […]
Has Chicken Little Come To Roost?
Recently a few Southern Baptist writers have begun writing to offer the opinion that in contrast to the preponderance of statistical evidence, the Southern Baptist Convention is in fact not in decline. Evidently the decline in baptisms, convention attendance and CP giving can all be explained if we’ll just listen well enough. What makes these opinions so newsworthy […]
An Identified Baptist that believes we need a Great Commission Resurgence
Let me first come out and say that I have signed the Great Commission Resurgence. Maybe, I need to clarify even more, I signed the GCR without “caveats.” At the same time, if there were indeed some document stating a renewed emphasis on our Baptist distinctives I would sign that as well. I caught myself yesterday thinking, […]
Why you should attend the SBC annual meeting
With the annual meeting next week and the number of pastors who are not going to attend because they think it’s a waste of time, I thought I would share why I encourage fellow pastors and concerned laymen to attend the Southern Baptist Convention. Here are what I believe are four compelling reasons to attend: […]
Passing the Gospel Torch- A Clarification from Ezra 3
A week or so ago I made a comment about the “older generation” needing to “pass off the torch to the younger generation and go quietly into the night.” Needless to say, this didn’t set well with everyone. Therefore, I want to try briefly to clarify this statement and also attempt to add some ideas […]
5 Things That Will NOT Happen At The SBC
Thanks to Matt Privett’s comment on my SBC predictions for this post idea. Name five things that will not happen at the Louisville SBC annual meeting. #1 There will be no tailgaters. Although I had a good plan, my pastor shot me down on this one. Maybe in Orlando. #2 There will be no challenge […]
Trevin Wax Interviews Danny Akin
Trevin Wax has done it again. This four part interview with Dr. Danny Akin should be required to get in the door at the SBC this summer. It’s not, but I might make a motion to that effect. So, you can get a jump by reading it now. Danny Akin Interviewed By Trevin Wax A […]