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. ...
The Danger of Baptist Isolationism on the Mission Field
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, David Rogers, International Mission Board, Missions, SBC Issues, Unity | 39 Comments »For the past couple of years, one of the main issues that has driven the “Baptist blogosphere” has been the famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) IMB guidelines on baptism and “private prayer language.” As most who read this ...
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 ...
Quotable - Paul Chitwood
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in International Mission Board, Quotable, SBC Issues, SBC News | 4 Comments »(The trustees do not want missionaries to) “...feel muzzled or unable to express their opinions, disagreement or constructive suggestions. There are, however, appropriate times and ways to express dissent. Given Dr. Hammer’s conduct, his resignation of his leadership position ...
“Time to Change” - An Analysis
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Baptist Life, Geoff Baggett, International Mission Board, Missions, SBC Issues, SBC News, Uncategorized | 46 Comments »A couple of us at sbc IMPACT! "caught wind" of the coming "Time to Change" initiative late last week. I knew that a press release was forthcoming. I considered running it, but, in the end, chose not to ...
What I Would Like to Say to Those Coming on Mission Trips
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in International Mission Board, Missional, Missions | 8 Comments »Guy Muse is a Southern Baptist missionary in Ecuador. He has contributed the occasional post for sbc IMPACT! Guy recently posted this article on his personal blog, and he offers it for the edification of our readers. It's a post ...
Student Mission Opportunity - Summer in Peru
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Evangelism, International Mission Board, Missional, Missions | No Comments »REAP North Peru, the IMB team that equips and matches North American churches as Church Planting Strategist Churches for unreached people groups in northern Peru, has an awesome Summer Internship program for students who have completed at least their senior ...
True Hunger
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Posted in Discipleship, Geoff Baggett, International Mission Board, Missions, Theology | 5 Comments »I saw it this past week. I was actually a late add-on to our church's second Peru team this year. I had not intended to go, since I am planning to go on our third team in June. But ...
Mountaintop Experience
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Geoff Baggett, International Mission Board, Missions, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »I don´t have long to post. Right now I´m sitting in a tiny internet place in the Peruvian mountain village of Panao. There are two Quechua children snooping over my shoulder, trying to figure out what I am writing. Their ...
The Missionary: “A Breed Apart”?
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in David Rogers, International Mission Board, Missions, SBC Issues | 36 Comments »In a recent post that has been the object of many comments and reactions (including here at sbc IMPACT! ), the question was raised whether the IMB missionary force has become part of an "in-bred system that no longer recognizes ...
