FIRST-PERSON: The present state of the SBC
NASHVILLE (BP) – Before we come together for our 2021 SBC Annual Meeting in Nashville, I want to share a few thoughts on the present state of the Convention.
FIRST-PERSON: Rediscovering the public invitation
NASHVILLE (BP) – We need to rediscover the public invitation in worship services across America.
FIRST-PERSON: Reaching and mobilizing college students
NASHVILLE (BP) – We have more than 21 million college and university students in America, 1 million of whom hail from nations outside the United States. I believe we must do all we can to reach and mobilize these students for Gospel impact. The churches of our SBC network must work together to accomplish this great vision of reaching and mobilizing college and university students.
Vision 2025: CP needs ‘all hands on deck’ to reach $500 million
The Cooperative Program (CP) has caught on with Iowa Baptists – to say the least.
Vision 2025: Teens ‘consumed with Christ’ can reverse baptism dip
SOMERVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – A steady stream of teenagers is coming to faith in Christ at Fayette Baptist Church.
Vision 2025: Ministry calling push to address worker shortage
AUBURN, Ala. (BP) – A year into his pastorate at Lakeview Baptist Church, Al Jackson was approached by three men who said they felt called to Gospel ministry. So he began meeting with them as a group one morning per week for a ministry training session.
Vision 2025: 5,000 new congregations ‘reachable’ if churches ‘step forward’
BOSTON (BP) – Soon after it launched in 2005, Boston’s Grace Church had a realization: nonbelievers would drive an hour for work or Little League, but they wouldn’t travel for church. So Grace began plotting where its members lived on a map. Whenever they saw a cluster of 25-30 members in an area, they prayed for a leader to plant a church there.
FIRST-PERSON: Prioritizing, elevating and accelerating generosity
NASHVILLE (BP) – Taking the Gospel to the nations still moves our churches. When we focus on the vision to advance the Gospel to the nations and communicate it in a relevant and current manner, I believe churches will desire to join together to see this vision fulfilled.
International mobilization at heart of SBC’s Vision 2025
CLEARWATER, Fla. (BP) – When Calvary Church turned 150 years old in 2016, Pastor Willy Rice laid out an ambitious vision: plant 150 churches in a decade, including 100 international churches.
FIRST-PERSON: Empowering all churches, all generations, all ethnicities, all languages
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a convention of churches. The Southern Baptist Convention does not exist to govern churches, but it exists to serve, assist and empower churches to be on mission with God.
