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Category Archives: Southern Baptists

North American church planters and their magic

Want to be a superhero? Have you thought about becoming a church planter? To read some of the literature out there, the average person can forget about applying for the job. You need the combined skills of a brain surgeon, rocket scientist, Wall Street financier, marketing expert, computer programmer, life coach, and motivational speaker. What [...]

Posted 04 September 2007 § Church Planting § Missions § Multiplication § North America § The Church ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Jim Elliff, “Why do we meet in homes?”

An excerpt from Christ Fellowship of Kansas City concerning Why do we meet in homes? CFKC is a network of four SBC house churches in the Kansas City area. There are six good reasons, according to Jim Elliff, why they have planted this relatively new congregation according to the house church model.

Posted 29 July 2007 § Church Planting § House Church § Organic Church § The Church ‡ Comments (6) °

Back to missional life & a holiday on the Emerald Isle

I have a confession. I’m a little embarrassed over how many hours I spent watching the live webcasts of the Southern Baptist Convention this year: the silly, cartoonish antics of denominationalists, a few sincere messengers of hope (thanks Ed Stetzer!), and the ridiculous determination to “put on a big show” that rivaled any rock [...]

Posted 15 June 2007 § Missions § United Kingdom § Wales ‡ Comments (4) °

Fundamentalism and biblical authority

I don’t know much about Baptist Blogger, Ben Cole, but he’s really “spot on” (as they say here in Britain) regarding the hypocrisy of those who shout the loudest about the inerrancy and authority of Scripture, yet use the Bible as a springboard or proof-text for their own moralistic and legalistic rants. In part six [...]

Posted 13 June 2007 § Fundamentalism § North America § Teaching/Preaching ‡ Comments (4) °

A word of appreciation to FBC colleagues

To my Calvinistic friends who still have their Jerusalem blades drawn, please excuse me while I get sentimental for a few moments between skirmishes.
In the midst of all the political and theological tensions in Florida, I feel the need to offer a word of appreciation to my dear brothers and sisters in Christ who currently [...]

Posted 12 June 2007 § Florida Baptist Convention § Personal § Theology ‡ Comments (1) °

POLL: What really happened in Bonifay?

It would be interesting to see what everyone thinks about Cecil Seagle’s (Missions Division Director, Florida Baptist Convention) alleged verbal accusations against the Holmes County Baptist Association’s former director of missions, Paul Fries; the director of Founders Ministries, Tom Ascol; and the division Seagle says is being caused by Calvinists in several associations and the [...]

Posted 11 June 2007 § Florida Baptist Convention § Opinion Polls § Theology ‡ Comments (5) °