In preparation for the ERLC National Conference, “The Gospel, Homosexuality, and the Future of Marriage,” the ERLC released this very pertinent and helpful video interview and blog post by Sam Allbery (@SamAllberry), associate pastor at St Mary’s Church in Maidenhead,UK and one of the speakers at the conference. In the below post and video Sam talks openly about his own struggles and offers valuable …
Interview with David Platt
In this video B21’s Jon Akin sits down with David Platt, pastor of The Church at Brook Hills, to talk about the relationship of the gospel with materialism, social justice issues, and missions. May you be challenged as we to engage those around us and those far away with the gospel and use “our unprecedented wealth for the spread of God’s …
Do We Really Care About Discipleship?
With the release of his new book, Aspire: Developing and Deploying Disciples in the Church for the Church, Matt Rogers, pastor of The Church at Cherrydale, wants to equip the church with a tool for making disciples in the context of one-on-one relationships. In the post below Rogers challenges all of us to evaluate if we really value discipleship to the degree we …
Campus Involvement in Student Ministry
Josh Greene, Lead Pastor of First Baptist Church Fairdale, gives helpful and practical advice about how a youth ministry can get into and have a presence in the local schools in the community. While schools provide incredible potential for outreach and ministry, many of our churches fail to have a lasting or recognizable presence on campus. May Josh’s wisdom from experience challenge …
Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century
In this panel B21’s Jon Akin sits down with Edgar Aponte, Director of Hispanic Leadership Development and Instructor of Theology at SEBTS, Rhyne Putnam Assistant Professor of Theology and Culture at NOBTS, and Steven Smith Vice President for Student Services and Professor of Communication at SWBTS to talk about meeting the distinct challenges of the 21st century. Among the topics discussed are gay marriage, religious liberty, and …
PROOF Book Review
Matt Stewart, the Senior Pastor of South Shore Baptist Church in Crownsville, MD, has reviewed the recently released book PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace by Daniel Montgomery and Timothy Paul Jones. Baptist 21 expects you will find this book a helpful addition to your ministry of engaging and articulating to others the grace of God and …
The GCR and State Conventions
In this panel B21’s Jon Akin leads a discussion concerning the Great Commission Resurgence and SBC state conventions. Headlined by leading voices–the newly elected SBC President Ronnie Floyd, the President of SEBTS Danny Akin, Lead Pastor of FBC West Palm Beach Jimmy Scroggins, and the Kentucky and Illinois state execs, Paul Chitwood and Nate Adams respectively–this panel tackles the controversial and …
Preaching homosexuality: Four kinds of churches
Dean Inserra, Lead Pastor of City Church Tallahassee, sits down with Dan Darling of the ERLC and talks about engaging this culture with a biblical sexual ethic. Dean also surveys the different responses of churches to this issue in his blog post “Preaching Homosexuality: Four Kinds of Churches.” In this witty and piercing post he breaks down the field into four camps: …
How Young Pastors Address/Engage Cultural Issues from the Pulpit
Over the next couple of weeks Baptist21 will be extending video segments from helpful conversations held at this year’s Southern Baptist Convention. Stay tuned to hear key leaders address some of the hot issues facing today’s life and ministry. Today we look back at a helpful discussion led by Andrew Walker from the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. In this …
Fault Lines Within the SBC Panel
At the SBC 2014 the Executive Committee hosted a lot of quality events at their Cooperative Program booth from TED talks on pressing issues to panels with helpful discussion, and in case you missed it, B21 will be extending some of these resources to you! – In this panel, “Fault Lines Within the SBC,” Frank Page, the President of the SBC Executive …