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Southern Baptist Terrorists? A response to Mike Greer

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: May 18, 2014

In a ludicrous and highly offensive article recently published by Associated Baptist Press, Mike Greer likens Southern Baptists to one of the most brutal, murdersome terror cells in the world. Greer writes: “Boko Haram and Southern Baptists have some things in common. Both are seeking to counteract or derail what is perceived by them to […]

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Making Sense of Southern Baptist Missions

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: February 18, 2014

Mission boards are a unique design of churches and denominations strategically created to advance the gospel. Among Southern Baptists, mission boards have been created corresponding to an Acts 1:8 model. Closest to our churches and local associations of churches, to help evangelize their “Judea,” churches have created a state mission board. In Kentucky, our churches […]

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Reports of Our Death are Greatly Exaggerated

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: June 18, 2013

The 2013 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting kicked up very little Texas dust. Other than a resolution about the gay agenda finding a home in Boys Scouts of America, the biggest news coming out of Houston was the scarcity of Southern Baptists who showed up in Houston. Low messenger registration, along with reports about declining […]

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Part of the Tribe

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: June 4, 2013

As Southern Baptists travel to Houston for next week’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, I am reflecting upon some of the reasons I am a part of the Southern Baptist tribe. First, deacons from a Southern Baptist church showed up at the door of our rented house when I was five years old. […]

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Encouraging Words in the SBC Calvinism Report

By Dr. Paul Chitwood | Published: June 3, 2013

I was privileged to receive an advance copy of the Calvinism Advisory Group Report that recently became public. The advisory group was assembled by the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, Frank Page, PhD. Page refers to himself as the CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention but defines his title as the “Chief […]

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