Archive for April, 2008
« Previous EntriesA Resolution Worthy of Support
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008I am certain that others will be issuing various resolutions for the upcoming convention. I certainly will view all and pray about how God would have me support or not support each resolution. Having said that, there is one resolution that has already garnered initial support from a broad array of people in the SBC. […]
Declining Membership
Thursday, April 24th, 2008LifeWay has released the compiled statistics from the most recent Annual Church Profile, and they show that, for the first time, the Southern Baptist Convention has seen a decline in total membership over the previous year.
Some suggest that this decline has the potential to be a good sign, if it could be determined that it […]
A Curious Omission
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Baptist Press (BP) recently posted a story about the April meeting of the trustees at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS). The story, dated April 15, was taken from a news release written by SWBTS writer Keith Collier and posted to their website on April 11 (click here to read the release). The byline of the […]
Evangelism Debate and Emergent Realities
Monday, April 21st, 2008Today we have the privilege of sharing with you an essay written by Shannon Johnson concerning the differing views of evangelism between classical theology and the emergent conversation. She is a student at the University of Tennessee and daughter of Chris Johnson - Chris is pastor of Grace Church at Hermitage and has been […]
Getting the Facts Straight: Hershael York
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008In a post on his blog, Dr. Hershael York, who is a trustee of the International Mission Board, gets the facts straight and corrects some of the misinformation concerning the attrition rate of missionary personnel:
Interestingly, the attrition rate has actually declined since the IMB passed the policies on baptism and private prayer language that some […]
Prayers for the Kaufman Family
Friday, April 11th, 2008We, at SBC Today, have learned about the recent loss of Debbie Kaufman’s son-in-law. We call upon all to pray for the Kaufman family and their daughter during this time of heartache. Debbie, all of us at SBC Today wish to express our love to you and pray for the Grace of God […]
Tim Guthrie: Moving Forward…Part 4b
Friday, April 11th, 2008The Money Facts
…and so we continue. When one deals with the structure of the flow of money one cannot get away from the two hot topics that we mentioned in the previous section.
What percentage should a church give to the CP?
and
What percentage should the state conventions keep?
A church is referred to in scripture as the […]
Missionary Appointment Service
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Last night, the trustees of the IMB concluded their meetings with a wonderful commissioning service for 92 newly-appointed missionaries. My wife and I took four members of our church along on the two-hour drive to First Baptist Church in Sunnyvale to attend the service.
This morning, I received an email from Sharon Bain. She […]
IMB Elects New Officers
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008The trustees of the International Mission Board, meeting today in Sunnyvale, Texas, elected new officers for the coming year. They are as follows:
Chairman: Paul Chitwood of Kentucky
1st Vice-Chairman: Simon Tsoi of Arizona
2nd Vice-Chairman: Mike Smith of Texas
Secretary: Debbie Brunson of Florida
All of these new officers were elected by acclamation. According to a recent by-law change, […]
Tim Guthrie: Moving Forward…Part 4
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008The Money Trail
Anyone who has been around Baptists long enough knows that Baptists get real funny when one discusses money. Let a preacher start off a sermon with money and the pews or chairs start rocking. This is also true when one discusses the Cooperative Program and the giving plan of the SBC. A quick […]