Richmond, Va. | International Mission Board President David Platt announced his desire to leave as head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s largest mission-sending agency, after a term of almost four years and a tumultuous period of cutting spending and reducing missions staff to balance an outsized budget. Platt will return to local church leadership. “I […]
Why I miss Nellie
I hope in the Hebrews 12:1 cloud of witnesses, a picture of the packed stadium at an Olympics-style event, that there’s room for my mother-in-law and so many others still cheering us on toward the faithful completion of our own race. Read…
Now is the winter of our intent
It’s time for potential SBC candidates to declare their intentions. Will they or won’t they run? Read…
Board begins search as Platt plans return to pastorate; response from Illinois
Richmond, Va. | International Mission Board President David Platt announced his desire to leave as head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s largest mission-sending agency, after a term of almost four years and a tumultuous period of cutting budgets and reducing missions staff to balance an outsized budget. Platt will return to the pastorate. “I am […]
Greear, Hemphill set up repeat of 2016 election
The announcements by J.D. Greear and Ken Hemphill that they will both run for president of the SBC sets up a repeat of the 2016 election. In that one, young-and-Reformed Greear represented the potential for a generational handoff and a firming up of Calvinist theology within the convention. But in a near tie that promised […]
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