At the end of World War I, Southern Baptist veterans returned from Europe and described the devastating physical and spiritual needs they had left there. Southern Baptists responded at their 1919 convention by launching “The Baptist Seventy-five Million Campaign,” challenging members of every church to sign pledge cards and give sacrificially over a five-year period […]
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‘But I’m willing to try!’
“We’ve never done it that way… but I’m willing to try it.” This was the response of one of our church’s worship team leaders after I shared a plan to return from the pandemic that would stretch our all-volunteer team to the limits. We were moving from one service to three, two on Sunday morning […]
Developing a ‘multiply’ mindset
To be healthy and thriving, a church needs to be multiplying. When we started Multiply Illinois, the concept was to help churches plant new churches. But multiplying is about more than just starting churches, it’s about replicating at all levels. Eventually, the goal is to replicate the church, but it starts with replicating the positive […]
Transformation must start with churches
Downtown Nashville was decked out for Christmas and as busy as ever when I arrived last month for a meeting of state ethics leaders hosted by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). Its offices are in the Southern Baptist Convention Building which sits just a few blocks away from the historic Ryman Auditorium, home […]
Adopted for identity
On December 29, 2016, when he was 2 years, 10 months, and 22 days old, Gloria and I legally adopted Jasceon Watson. That day, we commemorated his new identity with his new name, Jabez Jasceon Watson Yi. The very next morning felt like so many mornings past. “Jay” hopped up on his bathroom stepstool, and […]
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