Over the past month, I have posted a 12-part series at the PLNTD Network website explaining the vision and direction of the new church planting initiative. In the coming months, we plant to turn this series into a downloadable e-booklet, but for those who may have not seen them, I thought I’d post the links [...]
Archive for June 2010
“Bring It Back” – The Series
June 29, 2010SBC Resolution on the Centrality of the Gospel
June 19, 2010Readers of this blog will know that I have written a great deal about the centrality of the gospel. Three years ago I stated that the greatest need in the SBC is the recovery of the gospel (see also Nathan Finn’s comments). So needless to say, I was really encouraged to see a resolution passed [...]
Affirming the Acts 29 Network at the 2010 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting (or Teamwork Will Make the Dream Work)
June 17, 2010During the three hour drive to Orlando for the 2010 SBC Annual Meeting, Josh Shank, Charlie Mitchell, and I began to think what contribution we can make to the business meeting. Should we try to punk the SBC? Nah, too controversial. How about making a motion expressing appreciation and affirmation for the investment of the [...]
PLNTD – A Baptist Network for Church Planting Churches
June 9, 2010Today, with my 10,000th tweet, I am happy to make known to you a project that has been in the works for several years–the PLNTD Network. This is a new network that is singular in its purpose and simple in its design. Its focus is the Great Commission, its passion is the local church, and [...]
Monday is for “kingly” administration: The Membership Process, Part 2
June 7, 2010Last week, I took up the first part of the membership process, namely the membership application and class. Today, I want to finish up the membership process by taking up the interview and congregational vote. It goes without saying that these processes are always being evaluated and subject to change as we look to discover [...]
Ray Ortlund on “Truly Reformed”
June 5, 2010If you are not reading (or have not subscribed to) Ray Ortlund’s blog, you are missing some of the best devotional commentary on the Internet. Most recently, he has taken up the issue of being “truly Reformed.” Generally, this title is attributed to fundamentalists in the Reformed camp who have a hard time with Christians [...]
The Alabama Baptist: A Case Study in the GCR Debate
June 3, 2010You may not be Southern Baptist, and you may not be from the state of Alabama, but if you’ve got a moment and care about the Great Commission Resurgence, I like to offer a few thoughts. I am one of those boys born and raised Southern Baptist, and for 20 of my 31 years of [...]
Baptist21 Luncheon and Panel Discussion in Orlando
June 2, 2010For those of you heading down (or up for me) to Orlando in two weeks for the SBC Annual Meeting, you will want to be sure to sign up for the Baptist21 Luncheon and Panel Discussion. This is an opportunity to hear and discuss important issues related to the SBC and Great Commission Resurgence and [...]
Gospel-Centered Families
June 1, 2010Starting this Sunday, Grace will be spending the next 12 weeks on Gospel-Centered Family by Tim Chester and Ed Moll. I was really looking forward to teaching it, but after meeting with my fellow pastors, I am transitioning to focus more on leadership development and growing our church family in the areas of gospel, community, [...]
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