Saturday, May 02, 2009

Toward a Great Commission Resurgence

If you are interested, and I hope you are, this is the preamble of a document/movement that is worth reading. I would love to hear some feedback. The SBC does need to continue to change, grow and become even more of a convention that is reaching people with the truth of God's word/gospel of Jesus Christ. We have some great leaders like our national convention president, Dr. Johnny Hunt. I was involved in a personal phone call with him and several other SBC pastors last week and was very encouraged about where the SBC is headed. Be informed. Be involved. Pray and be willing to lead.

Here is the preamble:

Southern Baptists have always been a Great Commission people. Christ’s command to go, disciple, baptize, and teach is woven into the very DNA of our churches. By God’s grace, over the last thirty years the SBC has undergone a Conservative Resurgence that has brought substantive changes to many of our churches and all of our Convention’s seminaries and boards. We, the undersigned, are thankful for the Conservative Resurgence and believe that God has called Southern Baptists to a Great Commission Resurgence as the next step in the renewal of our denomination. It is our conviction that a Great Commission Resurgence must embrace the following ten commitments...

For more click on link:
Great Commission Resurgence

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