B21’s Jon Akin Preaching @ FBC Woodstock

Recently, B21’s Jon Akin was given the privilege to preach at the Church of SBC President Johnny Hunt (First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Georgia). He preached all three morning services and the evening service. Below you will find both sermons. In one sermon, Jon exposited the Temptation Narrative in Matthew In the other, Jon took the congregation through the Noah …

Pivotal Night for the GCR

Tonight is pivotal in the march toward a Great Commission Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention. After last year’s overwhelming vote to form a Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, the time has come to hear about the progress of this task force. Ronnie Floyd, Chairman of the GCRTF Committee is asking for all to pray for this evening as he …

ReFocus Panel Discussion

Baptist21 would like to make our readers aware of “ReFocus” an exciting opportunity in SC next Tuesday in conjunction with the South Carolina Baptist Convention Evangelism Conference. From ReFocus Website: ReFocus is a collective endeavor to gather young leaders across South Carolina and to encourage them to reFocus on the gospel and the Great Commission in our state and in …

Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Revisited

In the month of February it is a common practice to pause and take the measure of historical figures in the struggle for civil rights in America.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a figure that stands heads and shoulders above those fighting for justice, equality and brotherhood in the mid twentieth century.  At times accusations of infidelity and a …

Ministry Resource Recommendation: The Leadership Opportunity

The Leadership Opportunity: Living Out the Gospel Where Conflict and Leadership Intersect by Peacemaker Ministries is an exceptional resource for resolving conflict within the local church. Amidst the sea of leadership studies, this resource stands alone in seeking to equip leadership teams to lead well in these frequent but difficult moments where leadership and conflict intersect. Conflict provides an opportunity …

P2P: Discerning the Call (part 3) – Our Calling to a City

Make sure to check out the rest of this series: “Preparing2Plant” and check out the Denver2011 Site Before I begin this post I’d like to continue the habit of recommending a few resources that are related to church planting: Aaron Coe, The Role of the Sending Church in Church Planting Aaron Coe, Assessment of Church Planters Makes all the Difference …

P2P: Discerning the Call (part 2b) – Our Calling to a “Method” (The Local Church)

Make sure to check out the other posts in this series on Preparing2Plant Churches Part 2a of this blog: Discerning the Call – Our Calling to a “Method” (The Local Church) 2. A “Receiving” Church/es Church planters, especially those who “parachute” from the outside, have a reputation for disrespecting the already-established churches in the area. We can easily view ourselves …

P2P: Discerning the Call (part 2a) – Our Calling to a “Method” (The Local Church)

Planning2Plant (P2P) is a series by Bryan Barley following his year of preparation for church planting. While the first post dealt with the individual call, this post examines my calling to a particular “method.” My team’s methodology is to do everything we possibly can through the local church. I struggled whether to make this the first post in the calling …