A student recently asked me, “How do you feel about the future of the Southern Baptist Convention?” He was surprised by my answer, “Very positive.” He replied, “Don’t some of the current problems mean the convention is in trouble?” My answer was, “No, not really.” He asked for some explanation and here are the reasons […]
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Wasted moments in Dallas
We could have talked about how SBC entities and churches handle allegations of sexual abuse. We could have talked about the value of women in the culture and their role in our churches and denomination. We could have talked about the direction of international missions, the SBC Executive Committee’s guidance of missions giving, and the […]
In tumultuous times, the new president of the SBC will be no figurehead
J.D. Greear says his election does not indicate a generational shift in the Southern Baptist Convention. But the photos of Greear, 45, with his opponent Ken Hemphill, 70, and outgoing SBC President Steve Gaines, 60, might attest otherwise. Then there’s the jeans and tennis shoes he wore as the incoming SBC officers were introduced Wednesday […]
Who cares? My doubts about the SBC Annual Meeting led to a blessing
Though I grew up the son of a pastor and denominational worker, I was in my mid-30’s before I first attended a national Southern Baptist Convention. When the convention came to Indianapolis one year, a friend invited my dad and me to drive over and experience it with him. Though I was a Sunday School […]
They want to teach what?
How churches can respond to the LGBT curriculum vote Not long ago, someone used a word that wasn’t familiar to me. I immediately began breaking the word apart in my mind, realizing that I recognized pieces of it. Those pieces, along with the context in which the word was being used, allowed me to develop […]
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