Monthly Archives: October 2006
Valleygate Investigation Presented to BGCT
The investigation into the misuse of church planting funds provided by the Baptist General Convention of Texas was presented to the executive committee today, and then released. The article in the Baptist Standard can be found here: http://www.baptiststandard.com/postnuke/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=5564 I can’t … Continue reading
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What Being “Southern Baptist” Means to Me
Friday I had lunch with a friend of mine who serves in a church staff position similar to mine in a congregation affiliated with a denomination that is far more connectional in its structure than the Southern Baptist churches to … Continue reading
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A Few Suggestions…
When I was six years old, I was baptized in a cattle tank on a ranch in Southeastern Arizona about two weeks after walking the aisle in a Southern Baptist church that was barely a year old. It was a … Continue reading
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The Convention Was Created For The Church…
“The convention, we have let lapse this memory, was created for the local church. The local church was not created for the convention. “ That statement comes from a blog called “aintsobad” authored by Rick Davis, who is a former … Continue reading
Filed under Christian Lifestyles, Southern Baptist Convention
The Rope of Sand
I don’t know who it was who once called the Southern Baptist Convention a “Rope of Sand,” but I remember hearing that from Dr. J.P. Dane, who was the professor of the church administration class I took in college. Dr. … Continue reading
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Did Blogging Change Minds?
There’s been a lot of discussion this week about the meeting of the board of trustees at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth regarding a recommended change of investment management of the school’s $90 million endowment. The school’s president, … Continue reading
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A Dancing Baptist
Although I was raised in a Southern Baptist church, it was in Arizona, outside of the culture and influence of the “Deep South.” From a Southern Baptist perspective, our small church was probably unique. It was the only Southern Baptist … Continue reading
A Christian Insight Into a Secular World
In the past six weeks, I have facilitated a group that is focused on making contact with people who consider themselves “seekers” related to the Christian faith, and involving them in some basic instruction related to the core teachings of … Continue reading
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How Effective is Kingdom Education?
From the time I graduated from college until I was 36 years old, I was a church staff minister with at least half of my responsibilities in youth ministry, working with students who were 12 to 24 years old. I … Continue reading
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Silence For The Sake of Faith
There is a “hangout” in the neighborhood of my church where I try to spend a lunch hour at least once a week, mainly to get to know the people who frequent it and live in the neighborhood in order … Continue reading
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