By Rony Tomo, Guest Blogger Working With Muslims in the Middle East Jesus said, “I will build my church and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.” Few verses in the Bible provide more encouragement to the fulfillment of the Great Commission. As followers of Christ, we know that one day every knee will bow and every tongue …
Dr. Mohler’s Forum on the Future of the SBC
Today, Dr. Albert Mohler held a forum at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he is President. In this forum Dr. Mohler speaks directly and candidly about the future of the Southern Baptist Convention and what it will take in order for Southern Baptists to continue to have a viable role in God’s Mission. Baptist21 believes this forum will be …
SBC 2010
The 2009 Southern Baptist Convention is now well behind us. What had promised to be one of the most memorable conventions in a long time, certainly was. Here are just a few great things worth noting from this year’s convention: A much higher attendance than previously estimated. Younger pastors turned out to show their support and love for the SBC …
The Power of Story
Each day after kindergarten my mother would ask me what I learned in school that day as I ate my afternoon snack, and without fail the five year old Walter would respond, “nothing.” After giving my customary answer, I would always add, “but at story time we learned…” It didn’t matter if the story was fact or fiction, I would …
Baptist21’s One Year Anniversary
A year ago today, Baptist21 was launched. It has been a very encouraging year to our contributors. God has been gracious to our work and we are grateful for all those that have played a part in it. We are thankful for those of you that take time weekly to read our material; we hope that it is helpful. To …
“God Exposed,” A 9Marks Conference
9Marks and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary are co-sponsoring a conference on 9Mark’s first mark of a healthy church, “Expository Preaching.” Southeastern’s webpage about “God Exposed” says this conference, “will call pastors and church leader to embrace and defend expositional preaching as a means to strengthen and grow the church. Expositional preaching – that which has as its aim to explain …
The Gospel and Culture: Taken
The Bible is quite clear that all of Scripture points to Christ (Luke 24:25-27). Indeed, the purpose of the Bible is to bring people to salvation through faith in Jesus (2 Tim 3:15). But, Paul goes even further than that when he tells the church at Ephesus that all things are being united in Christ (Eph. 1:10). Not just the …
One 21 …The Forum
We want to make our readers aware of an upcoming conference. The 121 Forum is an exciting event taking place on August 28-29, 2009. The 121 Forum will be co-sponsored by Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church and the Missouri Baptist Convention. This event is being promoted as “A conference where we can have serious discussions about communicating the Word of God …
Pray for the Great Commission Resurgence
The Great Commission and a Great Commission Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention will never be accomplished apart from the power of prayer. So, the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force has announced a website that is asking for 5,000 people to sign up to pray for a Great Commission Resurgence and to pray for the Task Force as they carry …
Christmas in August
Christmas in August: At this year’s SBC Dr. Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, challenged the Southern Baptist Convention to have a Christmas in August to make up for the Lottie Moon Mission’s Offering shortfall this year. Due to this shortfall, there are qualified missionaries that will be left at home because we cannot send them. In order …