Washington D.C. | President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a former Southern Baptist pastor to be the next head of the Department of Veterans Affairs. A native of Gainesville, Ga., Doug Collins was senior pastor of Chicopee Baptist Church from November 1994 through October 2005, according to the church’s annual church profile reporting. He also served […]
State convention ministry witnesses rise of the ‘generalist’
Nashville, Tenn. | Plato is credited with the origins of the phrase “necessity is the mother of invention.” As churches and denominational leaders have also realized, this reality led to the need for a different kind of staff member. It’s even more the case at the state convention level. To adequately resource churches across a […]
GCR Evaluation Task Force recommendations include shelving of ‘Great Commission Giving,’ simplified ACP
Indianapolis | Final recommendations brought by the Great Commission Resurgence Evaluation Task Force address areas of statistical reporting to and from Southern Baptist churches as well as calls to fulfill a financial pledge to the International Mission Board. Furthermore, the group urges the start of preparations for next year’s release of audio from GCR Task […]
GCR Evaluation Task Force releases report, recommendations to come
Nashville | Did the Great Commission Resurgence accomplish its goal of reversing the decline of baptisms in the Southern Baptist Convention? According to the final report from a task force commissioned to answer that question, “the answer is a clear and decisive, No.” Where the blame lies is complicated, but there is plenty to go around, the […]
Report due: SBC reorg in 2010 scrutinized
Nashville, Tenn. | A report to be brought by the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force this June at the SBC annual meeting could be considered as one 15 years in the making. The group was formed last summer at the New Orleans gathering of Southern Baptists and has since spent considerable time in reviewing documents, […]
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