2010: GCR Task Force Report Viewpoints

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (BP)–Here we are, a little less than two weeks from that which some of us would call “D-Day” (Decision Day) for the Southern Baptist Convention, the day when Southern Baptist messengers say yea or nay to the proposals of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, which messengers to last year’s meeting charged with […]

LAFAYETTE, La. (BP)–Much has been written, and no doubt will continue to be written, about the final report to be presented from the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando. One can read about the strengths and weaknesses of the recommendations from far more knowledgeable — and for […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Bob Terry is editor of The Alabama Baptist (www.thealabamabaptist.org) of the Alabama Baptist State Convention. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)–Albert Mohler was right when he told students at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., that “we do need a great example from the leaders of our convention in terms of support for the […]

DULUTH, Ga. (BP)–Due to the great interest, discussion and questions related to the GCR Task Force report and recommendations to the Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando, I am … [writing] … to speak to the report. There is a lot of misinformation circulating and no small amount of emotion wrapped up in current discussions. I […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (BP)–The other night I had the joy of watching my 5-year-old granddaughter Jayden play tee ball. The game, for me, was better than the major leagues because, of course, my granddaughter was on the field. When you have someone you love in the game, the more concern you have for the results. My […]

CENTRALIA, Mo. (BP)–I adamantly oppose the recommendations of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. If approved, I believe it will likely set North American mission work back many years, greatly diminish the Cooperative Program and could unravel the Southern Baptist Convention from top to bottom. For the first 50 years of our convention, home missions […]

LEWISVILLE, N.C. (BP)–Recently the senior pastor of a megachurch in Tennessee was roundly criticized in the liberal blogosphere because he preached on tithing. The criticism came not just because he preached on tithing but due to the way he preached on tithing. This pastor said that church members should give at least 10 percent of […]

TIGERVILLE, S.C. (BP)–In Acts 1:8, Jesus says, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” This verse has continued to be fulfilled through Empowering Kingdom Growth (EKG), which […]

REVISED Friday, April 30, 2010 EDITOR’S NOTE: Bob Terry is editor of The Alabama Baptist (www.thealabamabaptist.org) of the Alabama Baptist State Convention. The article first appeared in The Alabama Baptist. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)–Do you remember 2006? Southern Baptists were gathering in Greensboro, N.C., for their annual meeting. Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church in […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–At first blush, the suggestion to provide Southern Baptists a new category for “Great Commission Giving” seems innocuous — allowing churches to total the various mission gifts to SBC entities to show a grand total for “Great Commission Giving.” Nonetheless, this aspect of the GCR Task Force’s Feb. 22 report seems to have […]