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News Conference on Changing the Name of the Southern Baptist Convention

The audio from Southern Baptist Convention President Bryant Wright’s news conference concerning a possible convention name change has been posted online. http://vimeo.com/29436657 *|VIMEO:29436657|* Bryant Wright news conference (mobile compatible) from Baptist Press on Vimeo. Southern Baptist Convention President Bryant Wright held a press conference immediately after announcing the appointment of a presidential task force to study the prospect of changing the 166-year-old convention’s name, saying the name’s regional nature has become a barrier in some parts of the United States. After the meeting, Wright held a news conference that lasted about 20 minutes. The audio of that press conference is available athttp://vimeo.com/29380529. Suggestions regarding

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SBC Fault Lines

This is one of the first articles where a “win-win” or an “in-Christ” option in settleing “fault lines” within the SBC.  I have been reading about cooperation and the pursuit of truth for a long time, and it usually seems that people talk past each other instead of with each other realizing that while they may disagree on  secondary or tertiary doctrines, we don’t need to elevate them to essential doctrines that would cause us to separate over everything.   Nathan Fin wrote a great article on how a church can cooperate:  With Whom Can My Church Cooperate? In the Article Dr. Steve Lemke wrote that the SBC landscape includes several points of contention that

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Southern Baptists and Evangelicals Together

A while back Trevin Wax  (Jun 14, 2010)  wrote a good article on his blog (Kingdom People) that sheds light on the enigma call the Southern Baptist Convention (of which I am in cooperation with).  Use this post to understand some of the particulars of a diverse (and sometimes not unified) people who call themselves Southern Baptist (a name that I think should be changed because this is a national/international convention now not just a southern one).   Southern Baptists and Evangelicals Together: “ This week, my wife and I are in Orlando for the Southern Baptist Convention. I’m looking forward to joining other Southern Baptist authors

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7 Types of Southern Baptists

I appreciate people who help us understand the diversity of associations (like the Southern Baptist Convention), while looking at also what unites us.  Unity is not uniformity or unanimity.  Unity is not tying 9 cats tales together and letting them go.  Unity is formed by common roots and common core beliefs.   it centers around a unified purpose in the Gospel of Christ.  We don’t have to be the same to associate together, but we do have to have some things in common.  That is why the Gospel and the Great Commission is the unifying factor in what we all do.  Diversity will

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Dr. Al Mohler on future of SBC

this is from last year but still very insighful about the future of the SBC from Dr. Albert Mohler. I especially loved his analogies of comparing the SBC to GM and a mall. see also www.disciplemaking.net

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Conservative Resurgence – Examining Everyting by Scirpture

The SBC is still recovering from a 25 year long battle called the “Conservative Resurgence.” This battle rescued our Convention from liberals who had taken over our seminaries and many of our institutions. It returned us to being a people of the Book. Southern Baptists are, if nothing else, a Bible believing people. This high view of the Bible has caused several consequences among us. One is the rise of Calvinistic theology among Southern Baptists. David Dockery, president of Union University in Tennessee has said that wherever there is a high view of the Bible then Calvinism is ascendant. Other

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Glenn Leatherman

I am first of all a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ. I affirm Evangelical Christian beliefs as well as  Gospel driven in philosophy of ministry. I am married to Ann and am raising 2 wonderful boys – Jonathan and Andrew. My purpose is to build disciplemaking disciples that are becoming fishers of men in fully displaying of God’s Glory in all things. Learn more

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