#SBC22 Day One (Pt 2) Today was a lot. We celebrated and prayed for 52 IMB missionaries as they head to the mission field! We heard incredible reports of missionaries starting new churches throughout our country through NAMB. The Sexual Abuse Task Force delivered their report and presented two motions to the messengers for a… Read More
This article was published on May 21, 2021 in the weekly newsletter for Harrisburg Baptist Church Greetings, Every year the Southern Baptist Convention meets in June for a few days to celebrate what God is doing and make decisions that further our cooperation to reach the nations with the Gospel. This year the meeting is… Read More
“We have lost our saltiness.”This thought is what came to mind as I read an email response from the Dave Ramsey group to a reporter from the Religion News Service. I don’t want to pile on the Ramsey group, it was just the latest response from a popular Christian or group that discouraged me. All… Read More
“People are looking for friends, not friendliness.” – Ben Mandrell Ben wrote the sentence above in the most recent edition of Facts and Trends. I recommend that you read his article, the link is directly below: To make, mature, and multiply disciples, a church has to be more than friendly; it has to build friendships.… Read More
“While government has a worthy task to perform, and depends for its success on citizens of character, it can do little to create them,” – Chuck Colson, God & Government I read my first Colson book “How Now Shall We Live” in 2000. It was given as a gift to me, and it was truly… Read More
In the Gospel of Matthew, we have Jesus’ final instructions to His disciples. Matthew 28:18-20 says, 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son… Read More
Today, church leadership magazines list the fastest growing churches in the country; ministry websites announce the largest churches in the country each year, and even the SBC has created a version of the Fortune500 called the SBC500. Many pastors feel pressure to lead churches to be bigger, better, and more influential on a regional or… Read More
2 Timothy 2:1–2 (ESV) 2 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Pastors are called to shepherd the church. There are many responsibilities involved… Read More
A great book on the scope of ministry in the local church. This was a refreshing read on being a gospel shaped community that makes disciples. “We become disciples by becoming part of the people of God. Baptism marks our birth into the family of God. This is the context where I am made a… Read More
