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 …
UPDATE: B21 Mini-Conference in Missouri (DATE CHANGED)
DUE TO SOME UNFORESEEN CONFLICTS THE DATE OF THE B21 EVENT IN MISSOURI HAS BEEN MOVED TO MONDAY, MAY 10. Baptist21 will be putting on a mini-confernece in Missouri at the First Baptist Church of Arnold. We are grateful to FBC Arnold and Pastor Kenny Qualls for opening up their facilities to host this event. What: A mini-conference covering the …
P2P: Discerning the Call (part 1) – Am I called?
Planning2Plant (P2P) is a series by Bryan Barley following his year of preparation for church planting. My guess is there are a number reading this right now who are attempting to discern the call to plant. Especially for you who may be in seminary, where anything from a PhD to being a missionary to an unreached people group are viable …
Preparing to Plant: An Introduction
Preparing to Plant (P2P) is a new series by Baptist21 contributor, Bryan Barley. The series follows his year of preparation to begin planting a church in urban Denver, CO in early 2011. The series strives to offer a unique look into church planting, providing a glimpse into the life of a planter well before an actual “launch” is in view. …
Clear as Mud: GCR Discussions (Part 2)
The GCR and the Need for Clarity Reeves is certainly right, GCR discussions are quite muddy. And there doesn’t seem to be any signs that things will change. So, where do we go from here? This answer, of course, is complicated. But, to throw in our two cents, we’ll offer one suggestion. We think that the conversation will only advance …
The 20/20 Collegiate Conference
The 20/20 Collegiate Conference is fast approaching and we would like to invite you to be a part of this exciting conference at Southeastern Seminary. The theme for the 2010 20/20 Conference is A City Within A City: Church, Culture & Counter-Culture. We hope you would consider making the trip to Wake Forest for this important conference. You can register …
Clear as Mud: GCR Discussions (Part 1)
At the last SBC, 95% of Southern Baptists in attendance voted in favor of having a presidential appointed GCR task force. It was an exciting day by all accounts. Over the past several months many of us have followed with excitement and prayed with hope, as the GCR task force carried out its weighty task. Exactly what they’ll report and …
Advance the Church
Baptist21 wants to bring to our readers’ attention the upcoming Advance the Church regional in Raleigh-Durham, NC on February 4th. The event is free and speakers include David Platt from The Church at Brook Hills (Birmingham, AL), Tyler Jones from Vintage21 Church (Raleigh, NC), and Matt Chandler* from The Village Church (Dallas, TX). To register for this free event, click …
Another Step toward Multiplying our Church: Training the church within the church
This blog is an article that I wrote for my church newsletter that may be helpful for others to read who are looking to plant churches and send missionaries around the world. I hope it is a blessing to you: One of many signs of health is reproduction, I have been thinking about this a lot recently, especially because I …
2009 Top 10 SBC Stories and Events
1. Missionary Work Overseas – It’s hard to imagine what it’d be like to grow up amongst a people and die without ever hearing the gospel. Yet, there are large numbers of peoples who still find themselves in this situation. That’s one of the key reasons that Southern Baptists continue to pool their monies and people together in order to …