Nineveh is a city that stands out distinctly in our minds. It is the ancient location of God’s grace being extended to the rebellious Ninevites as well as the location of rebellious Jonah’s angst. The question for God’s people today is whether or not we resemble this ancient prophet in our engagement (or disengagement) with the nations? Jon Akin, of …
BAPTIST 21 PANEL AT THE TBC
Baptist21 will host a panel at this year’s Tennessee Baptist Convention on Tuesday Night November 15th at 5pm. The panel will be held at FBC Hendersonville, the site for this year’s convention. The topic of conversation will be “Cooperation for Mission.” Panelists will discuss what missions cooperation needs to look like for Tennessee Baptist churches and our convention for us …
Video: B21 Panel 9Marks Conference
B21 held our annual panel discussion at the 9Marks Conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. We focused on an important and controversial topic, “Ecclesiology.” B21’s Jedidiah Coppenger led a panel that included Danny Akin, Thabiti Anyabwile, Mark Dever, James MacDonald, Ben Mandrell, and Darrin Patrick. We pray that the panel is as helpful as it is lively. B21 Video …
2 B21 Events in Indiana
Over the past couple of years, the Lord has been gracious in opening up doors for B21 to expand our events calendar from just hosting events at the SBC annual meetings to also being able to host a number of events throughout the year around the country. We’d like to make you aware of a couple such events that we …
SBC Name Change: B21’s Jon Akin Interviewed on FoxNews
B21’s Jon Akin was recently interviewed by Todd Starnes about the possible name change of the Southern Baptist Convention. Check out his thoughts and other’s in this article written by Todd Starnes entitled, “Task Force Considers Southern Baptist Convention Name Change.” Also, check out Jon Akin’s Blog on the possible name change…
SBC Possible Name Change?
SBC President Bryant Wright has formed a task force to study a name change for the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). This announcement immediately brought passionate arguments, tweets, and Facebook statuses on both sides of the question. Baptist21 believes there is no harm in forming this task force to ask the tough questions about our identity and mission. There is no …
from here to Harran
Harran is an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia that was the center of trade, travel & commerce in its day. It was also the ancient location where God initiated the Abrahamic covenant which ultimately resulted in the Messiah, Jesus, and His Church’s mission to spread the Gospel to all peoples. Jon Akin, of Baptist21, and Micah Fries recently visited that …
A Brother to be Executed? *UPDATED*
**UPDATE** Further intercession has been requested for Iranian pastor, Yousef Nadarkhani who received a death sentence for apostasy (i.e. leaving Islam) in September 2010. Recall that he appealed to the Supreme Court who instructed the Revolutionary Tribunal of Gilan Province to review the case, specifically to verify whether Yousef was previously a practising Muslim. Yousef claims that, although raised in …
Interview with Matt Papa (pt 3)
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 3 Matt talks about Corporate Worship and unbelievers… Check out Part One Check out Part Two This interview will be released in segments… with …
B21 Panel @ 9Marks Conference 2011
Baptist21 will once again host a panel discussion during this year’s 9Marks Conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. This year’s topic for the panel will be Ecclesiology. We will focus on questions of church government, structure, leadership, and more. Where: Binkely Chapel at SEBTS When: Friday September 23rd from 1-2pm Panelists: – Danny Akin – Thabiti Anyabwile – Mark …