Here's the promo for One21 that we'll be using next week during the MBC Pastor's Conference. Lyle Witcher did an awesome job putting it together.
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For some time we have been hearing about the need for a Great Commission Resurgence and yet this concept has remained significantly abstract. There is little doubt that our Convention is in need of significant repair, but the question we have been asking is in regards to what form that repair will take. Dr. Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Seminary,
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I am a child of the Southern Baptist Convention. Since the time I entered my mother's womb I've been attending SBC churches. Not only that, I am a child of the conservative resurgence more specifically. I am extremely grateful to men like Adrian Rogers, Paige Patterson, Judge Pressler, and others who helped pave the way for my generation. I love
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I am always impressed with churches that are creative in their attempts to worship. I think our emerging generations are more easily connected when we communicate to them using a multi-sensory approach. I also think that God is an incredibly creative God who loves the incredible diversity in His creation.
One of the Worship leaders at Fellowship Church with Ed Young
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If an independent church decided to host a conference and if that conference was so impressive to the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention that it acquires the endorsements, as well as financial sponsorship, of a majority of SBC agencies, one could rightly assume that the conference being hosted was a significant one.
My friend Les Puryear is hosting just such
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Sometime ago I heard that my friend, Marty Duren, was working together with another pastor, Todd Wright, to author a book on helping churches transition to relevancy. While I was excited about reading the book because of my relationship with Marty and my appreciation for his writing prowess, I was interested to find out just how powerful the content of
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I ran across the following statistics the other day. I am curious to hear from you about what you think this means for pastors/preachers/teachers as we endeavor to communicate God's word to people?
Do you know that in the USA:
Over 50% of people over age 16 are functionally illiterate.
58% of the US adult population never reads a book after high school
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There has been an enormous proliferation recently of churches that are starting satellite campuses and instead of having a Teaching Pastor on campus, are using a video feed of the Pastor from the main campus to deliver the message. I have spent a great deal of time over the past couple of years thinking through this concept. I am finally
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