It’s just the Wild West out there right now,” a colleague declared of the Twitterverse, as Baptists registered their opinions on new reports of sexual abuse and the failure of Southern Baptists to stop perpetrators’ movement among churches. Then the Internet mostly applauded the recommendations by SBC President J.D. Greear’s study committee to address sexual […]
Church life in shrinking Illinois
Hard times hit the publishing industry in the early 2000’s. The president of Christianity Today International, for whom I worked at the time, called the confluence of 9/11, falling ad sales, and the rise of the internet “whitewater.” Apparently he enjoyed rafting, but he knew the river crashing against the rocks as placid waters turned […]
Churches identify ministry needs in online survey
Preparing people to share the gospel, making disciples, and developing leaders remain top concerns in the latest survey of IBSA churches. The 2018 Church Needs Survey, conducted online in October and November, showed few shifts compared to the previous four years. Evangelism and the desire to reach young people rank high for a large majority […]
IBSA Statement on Sexual Abuse and the SBC
A report published by the Houston Chronicle on February 10, 2019, raised the issue of sexual abuse as it relates to the Southern Baptist Convention and its participating churches. The report was disturbing in its content, but we support any effort to bring truth to light and to ease the suffering of victims of sexual […]
Mr. Platt goes to Washington
Why don’t more Southern Baptists have positions of influence in seats of power? I’ll admit I was a little disappointed when David Platt resigned as President of the International Mission Board. He has such passion “for the nations!” and I wanted to see how a young man, having endured a financial crisis and rightsizing of […]
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