Cross-Cultural Church Planting Training
Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Discipleship, Ecclesiology, Evangelism, Geoff Baggett, International Mission Board, Missional, Missions, SBC Issues | 1 Comment »I'm forced to write this post several days in advance because (as you are reading this) I am currently outside the United States. I am leading my church's third team of the year to the Pachitea Province in Peru. ...
Is Congregational Polity a Baptist Distinctive?
Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Ecclesiology, Les Puryear | 11 Comments »One of the speakers at the 2008 Pastors Conference in Indy stated that his church had not had a business meeting in two years. When someone asked him about it, he asked "Is the church still here? Are the lights ...
You Make the Call! - Episode 2
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Baptism, Church Membership, Current Events, Ecclesiology, International Mission Board, Missions, SBC Issues | 21 Comments »You make the call ... on baptism. A young soldier, who hails from a Southern Baptist heritage and family (but has not, previously, made a faith decision of his own) makes a decision to follow Christ and is saved while deployed ...
The Body
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Bowden McElroy, Church Life, Church Membership, Ecclesiology, Evangelism, Lord's Supper, Rob Ayers | 18 Comments »(Rob is on vacation this week. He has left this missive for all to consider and contemplate. While he encourages discussion, just understand that it will not be until the first of the week before he attempts any comment. All ...
The One True Church
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Church, David Rogers, Ecclesiology, Unity | 95 Comments »What I am going to say here is something that may be a new idea to some of you. However, I am convinced that it has a sound biblical basis, and that its implications for us regarding the way we ...
The End Times: A Confession of a Mini-Dispensationalist
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Books, Ecclesiology, Rob Ayers, Uncategorized, Worth Reading | 30 Comments »Joel Rosenberg is one of my favorite fictional authors. His series of works within a biblical apocalyptic genre is, in my opinion, both sensational and numbing. Sensational in that he can write himself out of a paper bag (unlike LaHaye ...
American Culture & Church Marketing
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Church, Culture, David Rogers, Ecclesiology, Unity | 14 Comments »As I have mentioned here at sbc IMPACT! on other occasions, I believe that living for awhile outside of our own cultural context can help us at times to see certain things a little more clearly than if we had never had ...
Holy Day or Holiday?
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Church, Church Life, Church Membership, Culture, Ecclesiology, Rob Ayers, Theology, Worship | 12 Comments »“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or ...
House Churches - Will They Really Work in North America?
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 Posted in Church Life, Church Planting, Ecclesiology, Geoff Baggett, Missions, Theology | 66 Comments »A 2006 Barna Update has revealed some surprising trends in American the church attendance. Barna’s study indicates that 9% of adults in the U.S. attend a house church during a typical week. A decade ago, this number was a meager ...
