Tightropes and Balancing Acts (or … Church Life)
Thursday, December 6th, 2007 Posted in Associations, Church, Church Life, Hariette Petersen (SelahV) | 45 Comments »I recently posed a question on one of my blogs regarding church visitation and why it is the least attended event in church life. A friend of mine, Colin McGahey, answered: "A typical SBC church: Sunday morning and ...
The Danger of Spiritual Nearsightedness
Friday, November 30th, 2007 Posted in Associations, Church, Guest Authors, Ministry, Missions, SBC Issues | 4 Comments »Our guest writer today is Dr. George Bannister. He serves as the Associational Missionary for the Steel Valley Baptist Association, headquartered in Warren, Ohio. Specifically, he works as a Church Planter Strategist / Church Growth Consultant, serving as ...
Real Cooperation
Saturday, November 24th, 2007 Posted in Associations, Bowden McElroy | 8 Comments »A couple of years ago the Tulsa Metro Baptist Association was a fairly traditional SBC association. Large, but traditional. (I think we're still the sixth largest association in the convention.) Our size allowed us to have ...
Associational IMPACT! - Sweetwater Baptist Association, Tennessee
Friday, November 23rd, 2007 Posted in Associations, Geoff Baggett, Local Church IMPACT! | 12 Comments »From the Tennessee Baptist and Reflector on-line... Walnut Grove Methodist Church in Vonore, Tennessee, had a decision to make. The church, in existence since the mid-1800's, had fallen upon hard times. Attendance dropped to about thirty people. The ...
“I thought this association was for Baptist churches …”
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 Posted in Associations, Baptist Life, Geoff Baggett, SBC Issues | 58 Comments »I will never forget those words, uttered by a messenger at the annual meeting of the Little River Baptist Association in the fall of 2005. They pierced my Baptist heart like a dagger, because he was talking about my ...
