2010: GCR Task Force Report Viewpoints

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)--Have you ever heard of a Southern Baptist capital needs budget? One only has to go back about a decade to recall the days when Southern Baptists regularly adopted an allocation budget and a capital needs budget.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–I am delighted to see that dialogue between the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force and the state convention executive directors continues to progress. I have had the privilege of working with a large number of our state leaders through my travels, first as a seminary president and now as the national strategist for […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--I was privileged to hear the initial progress report of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force Feb. 22 in Nashville, Tenn. I have great respect for the members of the task force and was interested to hear what they were thinking concerning the work of the SBC.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Terry Robertson is executive director of the Baptist Convention of New York. EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. (BP)–The Southern Baptist Convention is falling far short of fulfilling the Great Commission and that fact is painfully clear in the Baptist Convention of New York. If nothing else, I believe the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: David Tolliver is executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP)–Change: to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of [something] different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone. That is the dictionary definition of change. And, we have been hearing a lot […]

LAUREL, Md. (BP)--The Southern Baptist Convention 2010 in Orlando, Fla., promises to be one of the most important meetings in recent Southern Baptist history. The progress report of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force has certainly generated great discussion and at the very least will cause some concern.

TOPEKA, Kan. (BP)--Who could be against the Great Commission? Certainly no Southern Baptist who understands his or her Bible would be against that. But is being against portions of the report of the Task Force on the Great Commission Resurgence (GCR), which is being debated in the Southern Baptist Convention, really being against the Great Commission?

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–The Southern Baptist Convention’s decision last June to create a Great Commission Resurgence Task Force was motivated by our growing realization that the baptisms within our churches are slowing. The highly anticipated interim report from this blue-ribbon committee chaired by pastor Ronnie Floyd recently fostered much debate. However the upcoming national and […]

HUMBOLDT, Tenn. (BP)–Southern Baptists once again are undertaking a much-needed effort to offer a remedy as to what can be done to reverse the stagnation within the SBC. From the heart of Danny Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and his sermon “Axioms of a Great Commission Resurgence,” came the Great Commission Resurgence, commonly […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Baptist Press provides a helpful platform for discussion about the first draft of recommendations from the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. The civility and gracious spirit of all those who are providing comment there seems more Christ-like than much of the blogosphere. The goal of the GCR process was resurgence. Consider: What […]