Recently Baptist21 had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Johnny Hunt, Pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock Georgia and current President of the Southern Baptist Convention and ask him several questions about the Great Commission Resurgence. This interview will be published in two parts within the next few days. Here are three of the questions Dr. Hunt answers in …
Great Commission Filing for Bankruptcy?
Jimmy was one of the craziest country boys I’ve ever known. Whether riding his horse full speed into ponds, fighting, or jumping off query cliffs, for good or for ill, he has always been willing to make things happen. Several years ago, Jimmy became a Christian, steadily growing ever since. The last couple of years he’s actually served as a …
b21 panel @ SBC: Short Blog Interview with Danny Akin
In anticipation of b21 panel, Baptist21 has asked all the panel members to participate in a short blog interview to highlight some of the topics to be discussed. Below is information about the event and Dr. Akin’s short blog interview. What: Baptist 21 Panel Q&A @ The Southern Baptist Convention Who: Danny Akin, Mark Dever, Albert Mohler, Daniel Montgomery, Ed …
Third Generation Conservatives in the Southern Baptist Convention (part 3): Misconceptions
Guest Blog by Steven A. McKinion He is the Associate Professor of Theology and Patristic Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has taught Theology, Church History, Hermeneutics, and Historcial Theology classes at Southeastern Seminary. Dr. McKinion’s area of specialization is Patristic Theology. He holds the following degrees: B.A., Mississippi College; M.A., University of Mobile; Ph.D., King’s College, University …
Baptist21 Podcast: Interview with Young D.C. Church Planters, Nathan Knight and Joey Craft
Baptist21 believes that the GCR will only become a reality through Church Planting. The Church is the chosen means by which God is doing His work in the World. Missions, Evangelism, Teaching, Discipleship, and Calling out the Called are given to the Church. This is so with the Great Commission. If we want to see a Great Commission Resurgence happen, …
At This Year’s SBC: 9 Marks @ 9
It is our hope, at b21, that many will attend the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville. And we especially want to encourage more and more younger SBC’ers to attend the SBC (we hope to blog about this soon). B21 believes there are many compelling features and events at this upcoming SBC that should entice many to come. For instance, the …
Dooming the Great Commission Resurgence to Failure
A guest post from Ryan Hutchinson. Hutchinson is the Senior Vice President for Business Administration at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dooming the Great Commission Resurgence to Failure…Caught Up on the Ninth and Forgetting the Other Nine I have been working on a plan. The plan is how to doom the Great Commission Resurgence to failure. It is simple and brilliant, …
Stories of Interest in SBC Press: Hunt with Controversial Thoughts on GCR and Ezell to be nominated SBC Pastor’s Conference President
Recently, there have been two articles of note in Southern Baptist Press. The first is an interview with Pastor Johnny Hunt about the Great Commission Resurgence. He covers some controversial topics, such as: why a GCR, why so much “push back” from Baptist state executives, a GCR motion for the Convention in Louisville calling for a task force to study …
Johnny Hunt Podcast On the GCR
Recently Dr. Johnny Hunt sat down for an interview answering questions related to the recent Great Commission Resurgence document. The questions asked include: 1. Who authored this document? 2. What is the purpose of this document? 3. Has the document been altered in any way since it was publicly released on the Great Commission Resurgence website on April 27, 2009? …
Questions About the GCR?
The Great Commission Declaration has seen great success since its release three weeks ago. The number of signatories climbs every day. At the three-week mark, there are over 2,100 signatories. This signature list boasts notable names such as Johnny Hunt, Albert Mohler, Danny Akin, Jack Graham, OS Hawkins, Jeff Iorg, Richard Land, Thom Rainer, Paul Pressler, Ronnie Floyd, Russell Moore, …