Recently, I have engaged in several conversations with aspiring Church Planters about team planting and the mission of church planting. In these conversations I almost always bring up the book Trellis and the Vine. There has to be a tension in our mission to plant the gospel and form churches out of gospel communities between health of the body (structure …
Recommended Event – Endure
Baptist 21 would like to make our readers aware of an event in a couple of weeks on enduring in the Ministry. Check out this event hosted by PlantNC and RSVP today! What: Endure – Going the Distance in Ministry When: January 26, 1-4pm Where: The City Hotel and Bistro (203 SW Greenville Blvd Greenville, NC 27834 Speakers: – …
Conference on Scriptures: 20/20 @ SEBTS
B21 would like to make our readers aware of the upcoming 20/20 Conference to be held at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. This year’s conference will feature D.A. Carson, Tullian Tchvidjian, Danny Akin, and Tony Merida and will focus on the Scriptures. This conference will look at questions like: – In what way is the Bible “the true story of …
B21 @ FBC JAX Pastors Conference
B21 is excited to host the Church Planting portion of this year’s First Baptist Jacksonville Pastors Conference. The FBC JAX PC annually hosts a diverse and strong line up of speakers. We are honored to be a part of it. This year’s event focuses on the pastor with topics such as: The Pastor and His Message, The Pastor and …
Hate Sin!…And, Love Righteousness
Recently, I observed a young father worshipping Christ during a chapel service. He had one raised and the other holding his crippled 18mo old daughter; she was enjoying a few minutes out of her wheelchair. One of my dearest friends waits daily for his hospital-issued beeper to go off so he can rush his four year old daughter, “Leah,” …
“Church deemed ‘too Calvinistic’ has a passion to cooperate to reach the lost of the world”
It is the desire of B21 that the SBC will be characterized by cooperation around a theological confession (BFM2000) for the expansion of the Gospel among all nations. Recently, we ran an article about a church that had been denied membership in a local association because they were deemed “too Calvinistic.” We want to point out that the brothers …
Interview with Matt Papa (pt. 4)
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… In part 4 Matt talks about developing worship leaders…
Tennessee Baptist and Reflector Writes on Baptist21
The Tennessee Baptist and Reflector graciously ran a story about Baptist21. The story highlights how we got started and our hopes for the SBC. We have provided the article in full below. Group Seeks to Involve Younger Pastors By Lonnie Wilkey, editor 11/9/2011 Baptist & Reflector LEBANON — Jon Akin is a young (30 years old) Southern Baptist …
Questions about Calvinism, local associations, Acts 29, and the BFM2000
There is a lot of talk in SBC life about the challenges we are facing as a convention that some think are threatening to divide us. The supposed issues are things like a division between “true baptists” and those who wish to become more Presbyterian, traditional churches versus contemporary churches, which networks we can partner with, and of course the …
Sign up for B21 Panel @ the TBC
B21 is hosting a FREE panel dinner at the Tennessee Baptist Convention… Please Sign Up here so that we will have an idea of how many to plan for… When: Tuesday Night November 15th at 5pm Where: The Panel will be at FBC Hendersonville. Who: Randy Davis, Robby Gallaty, Pat Hood, David Landrith, and Ben Mandrell Questions to be considered: Are we …