Announcing the 2013 Baptist21 Panel at the SBC in Houston

Baptist21 is excited once again to host a lunch panel at this year’s SBC. We will discuss pressing issues facing the SBC, such as: engaging culture, mission, church planting, Calvinism, difficult ethical questions, and more… Please plan to attend! What: A Lunch Panel on Pressing Issues in the SBC Where: George R. Brown Convention Center, in General Assembly Theater B on …

Russell Moore: A Conversation About Ethics, SBC, and America (Part 4)

This is an ongoing post of a recent interview with Russell Moore, the President-Elect of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. B21’s Jon Akin sat down with Dr. Moore to interview him about his new role and the future of the ERLC. You can view the first blog regarding this interview here.  Be sure to click …

Russell Moore: A Conversation About Ethics, SBC, and America (Part 3)

This is an ongoing post of a recent interview with Russell Moore, the President-Elect of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. B21’s Jon Akin sat down with Dr. Moore to interview him about his new role and the future of the ERLC. You can view the first blog regarding this interview here.  Be sure to click …

Russell Moore: A Conversation About Ethics, SBC, and America (Part 2)

This is an ongoing post of a recent interview with Russell Moore, the President-Elect of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. B21’s Jon Akin sat down with Dr. Moore to interview him about his new role and the future of the ERLC. You can view the first blog regarding this interview here.  Be sure to click …

B21 Panel – Baptism Questions: Appropriate Age? Spontaneous? Time Between Conversion & Baptism?

Recently, Baptist21 hosted a panel discussion on current topics facing the church at the 9Marks Conference at SEBTS. The panelists included: Danny Akin, Thabiti Anyabwile, Matt Chandler, Mark Dever, Tony Merida, and David Platt. The panelists discussed topics ranging from politics to baptism to church membership and more. This clip considers questions about baptism, like– Appropriate Age? Spontaneous Baptisms? Time …

B21 Panel: Should Believers Baptism by Immersion be Required for Membership?

Recently, Baptist21 hosted a panel discussion on current topics facing the church at the 9Marks Conference at SEBTS. The panelists included: Danny Akin, Thabiti Anyabwile, Matt Chandler, Mark Dever, Tony Merida, and David Platt. The panelists discussed topics ranging from politics to baptism to church membership and more. This clip considers the question – Should Believers Baptism by Immersion be …

B21 Panel: How Should Pastors (Christians) Engage in Politics?

Recently, Baptist21 hosted a panel discussion on current topics facing the church at the 9Marks Conference at SEBTS. The panelists included: Danny Akin, Thabiti Anyabwile, Matt Chandler, Mark Dever, Tony Merida, and David Platt. The panelists discussed topics ranging from politics to baptism to church membership and more. The first clip wrestles with the question, how should pastors and Christians …

Creature of the Word Giveaway

Matt Chandler (Explicit Gospel), Josh Patterson and Eric Geiger (Simple Church) just released a new book this month with B&H Publishing called Creature of the Word. The book looks at the scripture-based beauty of a church that makes everything they do about Jesus and outlines practical steps that church leaders can take to help form a gospel-centered ministry. On Tuesday, Oct. 23rd, Chandler, …

The Mission: Our City for The City (Part 2)

This is a guest blog from Jamus Edwards, Pastor of Pleasant Valley Community Church. Posted on behalf of the International Mission Board. You can read Part 1 of this post here. . . . . . It then struck us that the goal in reaching our city should actually be, in turn, to reach all cities so that someday the final city …

The Mission: Our City for The City (Part 1)

This is a guest blog from Jamus Edwards, Pastor of Pleasant Valley Community Church. Posted on behalf of the International Mission Board. When we replanted Pleasant Valley Community Church (PVCC) in 2006, we hardly knew anything.  However, the one thing that we knew with certainty was that we wanted to see people come to know Jesus.  From personal gospel conversations over …