By Jonathan Howe DURHAM, N.C. (BP) – SBC President J.D. Greear announced Monday (Sept. 14) that the theme for the 2021 Annual Meeting will be “We Are Great Commission Baptists.” Greear said the theme is designed to encourage Southern Baptists to show how we should treat each other and what we should be known for. […]
Members of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church come forward to give their offering for local, national, and international missions at the end of the service Nov. 3. The church gave more than $5.1 million exclusively to Great Commission causes. JFBC/Submitted
“This is the purpose for our very existence on the earth.”
The first step toward turning our churches inside out is to drop the rocks.
“We must continue to let the main thing be the main thing…”
Great Commission Giving refers to all missions gifts to Southern Baptist causes …
“The fuel for that mission had better not be our good intentions or even our compassion.”
“… descriptors are generally earned rather than bestowed upon the undeserving.”
Back in June, I had the awesome opportunity to attend the Southern Baptist Convention in St. Louis, MO. While there, I heard a passionate message from the former SBC President, Dr. Ronnie Floyd. In his message, Dr. Floyd made a quote that has stuck with me since that day. He said “God has you where […]
“This is God’s work, beyond what we can think of or do on our own.”