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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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.
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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Earlier today, blogger Bart Barber posted this excellent piece on SBCVoices. It’s a piece I think every Southern Baptist should read, and I’ve reposted it here with his permission:
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In 2010, messengers to the KBC Annual Meeting voted to reprioritize how CP funds are distributed so the International Mission Board, North American Mission Board and other national Southern Baptist causes gain an increasing percentage. Within 10 years, Kentucky Baptists’ goal is to achieve a 50/50 distribution of CP dollars between KBC and SBC causes.
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When Southern Baptists gather in New Orleans next month, it’s very likely we’ll do something we’ve never done before: elect an African-American president. Lawrence Smith, a reporter with WDRB here in Louisville, put together this special report about this significant moment in the life of the Southern Baptist Convention. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqdacNN04d0
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