If you’re a fan of free stuff like we are, then check back in next Tuesday for our next installment of #tenfreetues. If you missed last week’s 10 Awesome and Free eBooks Online, don’t. Also be sure to register for the upcoming B21 panel at the SBC 2014. If keynote speakers like Al Mohler, David Platt, Thom Rainer, Matt Chandler, and …
How’s Your Health?
There is a significant difference between the way my wife shops at the grocery store and the way I shop at the grocery store. I seem to wander into the grocery store with little to no agenda other than food. I recall aimlessly walking up and down every aisle looking for something that looks good and that I could afford. …
Ambition is Tricky
This is a guest post from Rob Wilton, Lead Pastor of Vintage Church in New Orleans. You can follow him on twitter @robwiltontv or check out his blog at www.robwilton.tv. Ambition is tricky. On the one hand it can lead to amazing accomplishments. On the other hand it can lead to amazing catastrophes. Personally, I love being around people that have …
Next Generation of the CP
With younger generations of Southern Baptists the Cooperative Program has become somewhat lost in translation. We may have heard of it, but aren’t sure what it means. A lot of us aren’t sure what is is or does and certainly aren’t as keen as past generations on giving money to it. For almost 100 years the CP has effectively been the …
Incarnation Implications
Having recently come out of the season of Holy Week and Easter, many of us have been subsequently working through the implications of the bodily resurrection with our congregations. When thinking about the fact that Jesus came bodily, died bodily, rose bodily, and reigns bodily at the right hand of the Father, we are starkly reminded of the significance of …
10 Awesome and Free eBooks Online
It is a fact of life: everyone loves free stuff. And a great benefit of the internet is that today we have an unprecedented database of excellent resources within our reach. We at Baptist21 wanted to take an opportunity to compile for our readers a list of 10 great ebooks that are free online for download. These first three are through …
The Grammar of Faith
Have you stopped to consider how your use of language is creating and shaping a culture for the church you lead (or belong to as a member)? “This week we will meet here at the church and then divide up to prayer walk our city.” “That was a moving time of worship, now let’s take up the offering, and then …
Year 3: Structure isn’t Sellout
This is the third and final installment of Matt Chewning’s three-part post on church planting. In these posts Chewning, Lead Pastor of Netcast Church in Beverly, MA–a suburb of Boston, walks through the first three years of planting a church, offering practical insight and wisdom from his experience as to how we all should rethink mission and strategy in church planting. If you missed …
Mergers: Combining Churches to Multiply Disciples
B21 is excited to offer a guest post from Matt Rogers. This blog post is a sample from the free ebook available on the SEND Network: Mergers: Combining Churches to Multiply Disciples. Mergers “Why plant a church in this city when we already have so many churches that are struggling or dying?” Church planters often are asked this question, in subtle and …
Year 2: Generosity is the New Evangelism
After a quick break for the ERLC Summit, we present part two of Matt Chewning’s three-part post on church planting. If you missed part one, “Don’t Plant a Church,” be sure to check it out here. In these posts Matt Chewning, Lead Pastor of Netcast Church in Beverly, MA–a suburb of Boston, walks through the first three years of planting a church, offering …