Category Archives: Missions

How God Captured a Samurai

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Joe McKeever

By Joe McKeever, Preacher, former Pastor of seven churches, and retired Director of Missions at the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans. In the summer of 1964, I arrived on campus at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to work on … Continue reading →

Posted in Evangelism, Missions, Testimony | 1 Comment

The “Four Hands” of the Missionary (or Minister)

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Tobey Pitman

  By Tobey Pitman, Community Ministries Missionary, Northshore Baptist Association, LA The ultimate task of the missionary is to bring people to Jesus. Missionary service is a widely varied work and many contributing factors make the task easier or more … Continue reading →

Posted in Discipleship, Missions, Pastors | Comments Off

Southern Baptists’s New Annual Church Profile Form:
The New Great Commission Giving Version

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Tim Rogers

By Tim Rogers, Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Indian Trail, NC 8. Undesignated Giving/Gifts 9. Total Giving/Receipts 10. Cooperative Program Giving 11. Annie Armstrong Easter Offering 12. Lottie Moon Christmas Offering 13. Great Commission Giving 14. Total Missions Giving   The above listing … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooperative Program, Missions, SBC, SBC Issues | 48 Comments

A Trip That Is Not A Vacation

Posted on July 12, 2011 by sbctoday

_______________________________________________________________ By Tim Rogers, Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Indian Trail, NC _______________________________________________________________ We are at the time of the year when many families plan to take a vacation some place on the globe. Many take vacations only to return from a time … Continue reading →

Posted in Discipleship, Missions | 1 Comment

Lessons Learned from Iraq that Apply to Ministry Anywhere:
A Southern Baptist Chaplain in Action

Posted on June 5, 2011 by sbctoday

By Dr. Page Brooks, Chaplain for the Louisiana National Guard, Assistant Professor of Theology and Islamic Studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and Founding Co-Pastor of the Mosaic Church in New Orleans Throughout the Bible we see where God … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Discipleship, Evangelism, Great Commission Resurgence, Missions, Prayer, Testimony | 4 Comments

"Common Ground" or Common Deception?

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Wes Kenney

Our podcast this week seems to have stirred up some folks, yet there has been no meaningful refutation offered of the basis for all this consternation, specifically Dr. Ergun Caner’s claim that use of the Camel Method by our International … Continue reading →

Posted in Camel Method, Gospel issues, Heresy, IMB Issues, Islam, Missions | 39 Comments

Podcast Episode 15

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Wes Kenney

This episode of the podcast features Greg Hall. Greg is the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Cleveland, Oklahoma, and the founder of CREEK Ministry in the Warm Heart of Africa. The name CREEK is an acronym for: Caring … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, Missions, Podcast, Seminary Issues | 3 Comments

A Theologian's Response to Contextualization

Posted on January 9, 2009 by SBC Today

Dr. Fred Smith, Associate Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, has penned, at our request, a response to a recent post on another blog. We are grateful to Dr. Smith for his work on this … Continue reading →

Posted in Camel Method, Gospel issues, Guest Author, IMB Issues, Missions | 186 Comments

Defining the Great Commission Resurgence

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Robin Foster

First, let me say, “What a convention!” Even though Frank Cox did not win the presidential race, I believe that all of us were still pleased that Johnny Hunt did. To me, the watershed moment of the convention was when … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, BF&M, Ecclesiology, Great Commission Resurgence, IMB Issues, Missions, Postmodernism, SBC Issues | 67 Comments

Getting the Facts Straight: Hershael York

Posted on April 15, 2008 by SBC Today

In 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, IMB Issues, Missions, PPL, SBC Issues | 155 Comments