At Baptist21, we’re all about giving our readers and affiliates a voice in the greater SBC. In keeping with this notion, we want to know what questions you have for our B21 panelists at this year’s SBC Annual Meeting in Birmingham, AL. The 2019 panel guests will include: Albert Mohler, President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Jen Wilkin, Author and Bible Teacher …
The second installment of our interview with Andy Davis is now live. In this episode, Nate Akin and Dr. Davis dig deeper, exploring what practices are best for leading healthy churches. Subscribe to our podcast or stream this episode at the following channels: iTunes Spotify Google Play
Dr. Andy Davis is an author, professor, and founder of Two Journeys Ministry–an organization helping pastors in their personal sanctification and gospel advancement. He’s also the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Durham, NC, a congregation he took through a major revitalization process, some years ago. Baptist21’s Nate Akin sat down with Dr. Davis for a two-part interview, exploring some …
One of our favorite segments from the 2019 TGC National Conference included Dr. Danny Akin’s talk “Little Global Hearts: How to Give Kids a Vision for the World”. In this session, Dr. Akin provided some very practical steps we can all implement to help our families gain a better understanding for living on mission. Having raised four boys who are …
Dr. John Hammett is the Senior Professor of Systematic Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and few have contributed more to Baptist ecclesiological studies. In our latest episode of the B21 podcast, Nate Akin converses with Dr. Hammet on ecclesiology, regenerate church membership, and what Akin believes to be the single best ecclesiology book on the market today. Listen now …
Harnessing the Power of Experience by Lyla Curtis “Life is a classroom. Only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.” Zig Ziglar’s words continue to ring true. No matter what your age, gender, or learning style, we can all agree that learning and growing is an indicator of life, while refusing …
The Pastor and Depression by Chris Dilley Admitting There is a Problem The role of the Christian pastor is a serious one. The Bible shows us just how serious in passages like Hebrews 13:17: “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do …
Taking Training to the Next Level with Ministry Grid by Stuart Owens One of the biggest challenges we face as a church is how to train our people. We believe strongly that our role as pastors is to “equip the saints for the work of the ministry,” but we’ve found it increasingly difficult to get the saints in front of …
Ten years ago, I sat in an IHOP parking lot drawing on a napkin. A young man named Tim recently came to faith in Jesus and I was meeting with him to read the Bible together. Tim was hungry to learn more about God’s Word—as you might expect for a new believer. He was reading daily and asking great questions …
Our friends at the Pillar Network sat down with church planter Fabian Portunato, lead pastor of Revolution Church in Miami, Florida, to discuss one thing he knows now that he wishes he knew prior to launching. Watch his response below.
