Recently B21’s Nathan Akin had an opportunity to sit down with Matt Papa and talk about his life, theological education, the state of Christian music, musical worship leadership, his new album, and more… This interview will be released in segments… with the entire interview released at the end. Check out Part 1 and order Matt’s new CD (This Changes Everything …
Business as Mission Event
B21 would like to make our readers aware of an event next week at The Summit Church on Business and Missions. If you are considering international missions this would be an outstanding event to attend. The event will take place August 24 at 7:30 pm in The Bay at The Summit Church, Brier Creek Campus. From SENDRDU Website: The face of …
Why Every Believer Should Go on a Mission Trip
THIS BLOG WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED AT THE “MISSIONS AT SOUTHEASTERN” WEBSITE Recently, I had the joy of going to South Asia to serve alongside some wonderful International Mission Board workers. I learned a lot on this trip as most do who go on international trips. One thing that I could not help but consider was that we would have a …
Interview with Winfield Bevins about “Creed”
B21 recently conducted an interview with Pastor and Author Winfield Bevins about his upcoming book Creed: Connect to the Basic Essential of the Christian Faith. Winfield is the founding Pastor of Church of the Outer Banks and author of the book, Grow: Reproducing through Organic Discipleship. – Tell us a little about the book Creed: Connect to the Basic Essentials …
Matt Papa’s New Album: This Changes Everything
A little less than a year ago I reflected on the “Evolution” of Christian Hip Hop saying the “content is rich, God Glorifying, Christ Honoring, Scripture-Saturated, Theologically Driven, and Gospel-Centered… there seems to be a movement (in Evangelicalism) that encompasses these major criteria: obsession for the glory of God in all things, gospel-centeredness, Local Church Primacy, and Missional living.” This …
Video B21 Panel SBC 2011
Video from the B21 Panel SBC 2011 – The panel featured John Piper, David Platt, Albert Mohler, Danny Akin, and Kevin Ezell. The panel focused on the topic of Mission. Again we are so thankful to our sponsors and volunteers for making this possible. Connect with our sponsors below Connect with our Sponsors: Bethany Christian Services (Adoption) Broadman and …
A Look at SBC 2011
SBC 2011 made me very excited about the future of cooperative Missions in the SBC. I will not recount all the reasons; plenty have provided SBC reflections thus far that are worth reading and I would basically just repeat all of their ideas (links to those reflections are below). Though I will say, upon leaving this year’s convention, although there …
Gospel and Arts in the Culture Conference
B21 would like to make our readers aware of a conference on the Gospel and Arts in the Culture. This conference will be hosted at Vision Church in Raleigh, NC. What: Conference and Concert on The Gospel and Arts in the Culture Where: Vision Church When: June 18th 10am, Concert 7pm. Speakers: Sho Baraka, Jerome Gay, Jerry Blackwell, and …
Send North America Discussion
B21 is very excited about the direction of the North American Mission Board under the leadership of President Kevin Ezell (who will also be joining the B21 lunch panel on Tuesday of the Convention, Register for that HERE). Ezell has introduced the strategy entitled “Send North America” that will be a major church planting push from NAMB. NAMB is putting …
SBC 2011?
As we close in on this year’s Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix, AZ, I wanted to explore some of the reasons a pastor should give of his time to take part: Be a part of the process – The SBC only truly exists two days a year. It is not a denomination, it is a collective of free churches …