A Personal Great Commission Resurgence
I preached a message to remind my church of our Mission: to Make Disciples. It was on Jesus' mind as He arose from the grave. It was on His lips as He met with His disciples before He ascended into heaven. Jesus knew what He wanted when He summoned them to that mountain that day.
Read MoreRethinking the North American Mission
It is obvious the great and enduring passion of our Convention is International Missions, and it should be. At the same time, no one I know wants to abandon North America in order to reach the nations, and that too is as it should be.
Read MoreMy Reponse to Christian Index Article
This is my email response to a recent article in the Christian Index concerning the Christmas in August special offering. The Christian Index Article is located here: http://www.christianindex.org/5710.article Hi Joe, I read with interest your article entitled, “Will the real Christmas in August please stand up?” I serve as Pastor and as Associational Moderator. In those capacities I have encouraged my church, and my association’s member churches, to take a Lottie Moon Christmas in August Offering. I must admit that I was a little surprised to hear about the WMU emphasis of Christmas in August for NAMB missions. I will expound on that later. I was intrigued by several of your statements and I will respond to them one at a time. First is your statement,...
Read MoreA Report on the SBC 2009
I have the great privilege to serve as Moderator of the Hephzibah Baptist Association in Georgia. I included the following in my report given to the Executive Committee on July 9, 2009. For more information go to http://hbakbamissions.org I am privileged to be Pastor of a church that provided for me to attend this year’s Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, KY. I don’t have room to report all that happened at the convention, but I will touch on the most significant move of the year, and possibly of the decade. The Convention overwhelmingly approved a motion granting the President of our convention, Dr. Johnny Hunt, the authority to appoint a Great Commission Task Force to review our Convention structures for the purpose of streamlining and...
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