Category Archives: Church

Reforming the Deacons (Part 5):
What if events of Acts 6 happened today?

Posted on July 15, 2012 by sbctoday

  By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans.     Coming tomorrow: Interview with a former Calvinist, part 1. Today’s blog post continues a series of articles concerning … Continue reading →

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Reforming the Deacons (Part 4):
More than 40 Acts of Service

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Joe McKeever

  By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans     Today’s post continues a series of articles concerning the ministry of deacons in the local church. To see … Continue reading →

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Reforming the Deacons (Part 3):
Interpreting the Qualifications by the Spirit

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. Read Part One Here. Read Part Two Here. There’s a danger in interpreting the Word of the Lord “by the Spirit … Continue reading →

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Reforming the Deacons (Part 2):
How to Help a Pastor Get Better

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. Read Part One Here. Here’s what happens. A few deacons fellowshipping over coffee deal with various subjects about the church. Eventually, … Continue reading →

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Reforming the Deacons (Part 1):
Let’s Reform the Deacon Body

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. The most confused group of people in the average Southern Baptist church is the deacons. They have no idea what they … Continue reading →

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10 Insights About Your Church’s Fellowship

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in prayers…. So continuing daily … Continue reading →

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The Church and the Great Commission

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Wes Kenney

By Wes Kenney, currently a student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary A proper understanding of the role of the individual Christian in the fulfillment of the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ is absolutely necessary to the well being … Continue reading →

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Bivocational Ministry, Part 8:
Challenges Bivocational Ministers Face

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Terry Dorsett

Dr. Dorsett is a bivocational pastor and church planting missionary in Vermont. He is the author of Developing Leadership Teams in the Bivocational Church and Bible Brain Teasers: Fun Adventures through the Bible. He also serves as a church planting … Continue reading →

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Some Churches Need to Quit Doing Evangelism

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, Cartoonist, Pastor, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. Evangelism and spiritual harvesting are not for everyone calling themselves followers of Jesus. Fruitbearing is for the obedient. Believers aiming to … Continue reading →

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Bivocational Ministry, Part 7:
Bivocational Pastors Sharing Leadership
Results in Healthier Churches

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Terry Dorsett

Dr. Dorsett is a bivocational pastor and church planting missionary in Vermont. He is the author of Developing Leadership Teams in the Bivocational Church and Bible Brain Teasers: Fun Adventures through the Bible. He also serves as a church planting … Continue reading →

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