OH THOSE YOUNGS
It is not every day that a well known father and son make the news at the same time. And, as is typical in Southern Baptist life, it is not a good thing. Ed Young Sr. is in the blogging news for his sermon on America's tax system. Now, why in the world you would devote pulpit time to the tax system is beyond me. If he heard someone taking pulit time to promote Obama, he would be furious. They only thing he should say about the tax system is "render unto Caesar".
But, he may have been hoping to reform the tax system for the benefit of his son, Ed Young Jr. Junior carries on dad's legacy of pastoring really large churches. Junior is in the news, the MSM type of news, for his lavish lifestyle of big houses and fancy cars.
Men love to build empires, don't they. Some do it in churches.
Showing posts with label Southern Baptists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southern Baptists. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Congratulations to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky, on 150 years. The seminary has become the flagship of Southern Baptist seminaries under the leadership of Dr. Albert Mohler. The faculty includes many outstanding theologians. I wish I could attend.
HT: Founders
HT: Founders
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
TURMOIL CONTINUES IN NORTH AMERICAN MISSION BOARD:
GEOFF HAMMOND RESIGNS FOLLOWING TRUSTEE MEETING
Two years ago, the Board of Trustees of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) believed God wanted them to hire Geoff Hammond as president of the agency. He was hired by a unanimous vote. Today they decided they were wrong.
Rumors have been flying for a week or so that a movement was being orchestrated by certain trustees to get rid of Hammond. Today Hammond and three associates resigned after a specially called trustee meeting that went on for seven hours. The board met in executive session, which is political speak for in private, so no one will know the tenor of the discussion unless it is leaked. It seems there are two things you can always count on in SBC agencies. First, they will be in continuous political turmoil. Second, they will meet in secret and not reveal who did what to whom. This particular meeting was first set to include only the executive committee of the board, but other members of the board found out about the agenda and demanded a meeting of the full board. Whether all the Southern Baptists who send money to the NAMB for its operations will ever learn why its representatives took this drastic action is questionable.
Certainly the NAMB intends to keep its secrets. Tim Patterson, Chairman, North American Mission Board, Board of Trustees, issued a statement saying that the men had resigned and the usual drivel about how it is a hard time for them, then ended with “I will not have any further comments for the media tonight, but we will be sharing more information with you very soon.” ( In other words, we will not say anything until we get together and decide how to present it.) Interestingly, Patterson made complimentary statements about Hammond at a commissioning service this May. Were those statements not true? Did Patterson change his mind within the last two months?
Patterson also said this about Hammond: "[he is one] who for the past two years has led NAMB with a steady, efficient and effective hand. He has consistently sounded the clarion call that North America is a mission field. And he has done all this with a Christ-like attitude that I have had the privilege to witness firsthand."
The NAMB trustees also unanimously approved a resolution describing NAMB as "an efficient and effective Southern Baptist entity that takes seriously the good stewardship of the Cooperative Program and Annie Armstrong Easter Offering dollars entrusted to us by Southern Baptists."
The three staff members who resigned are Dennis Culbreth, senior assistant to the president; Steve Reid, senior associate to the president for strategy development; and Brandon Pickett, communications team leader.
Hammond was highly touted by the Board and other prominent people in SBC life. He is a son and grandson of missionaries and was a missionary himself. He had been a church planter for the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia Convention. He also had an administrative role with that convention. He has also been a pastor, a seminary professor and a director of missions. .
The Board's president search committee recommended him after a nine month search. They billed that search as “intensive”. The search committee chairman, Greg Faulls, said “Dr. Hammond has proven himself to be a successful leader, strategist and practitioner in church planting missions and evangelism throughout his ministry career. Hammond understands missions at every level. He has proven skills and experience planting churches and strategically directing church planting in associations and a state convention. He is gifted in leadership and adept in the areas of business administration. He is bilingual and has a grasp of the complexity and diversity of the harvest field and clearly understands the importance and dynamics of NAMB’s relationships with her state partners. In addition, he is fully supportive of the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.”
Faulls had stated in the beginning they were determined to seek God's man.
When Faulls announced the decision to present Hammond, he invoked God's approval by saying "We were so moved by the hand of God through the process concerning Dr. Hammond that we are presenting a recommendation to you unanimously as a committee-a true unanimous recommendation from our committee." If they were moved by the hand of God, how could they make a mistake that had to be corrected after only two years.
What is going on at NAMB? Is the Board micro managing the agency so severely that the only way to survive is to be a puppet for the Board? It has not been that long since Bob Reccord came and went in the same position. Is it that the Board is incompetent to judge good character?
Regardless, the Board is again without executive leadership and floundering. How can we hope to reach North America with the gospel through an agency that cannot manage it business. And how can we ask Southern Baptists across America to give money to such an agency?
GEOFF HAMMOND RESIGNS FOLLOWING TRUSTEE MEETING
Two years ago, the Board of Trustees of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) believed God wanted them to hire Geoff Hammond as president of the agency. He was hired by a unanimous vote. Today they decided they were wrong.
Rumors have been flying for a week or so that a movement was being orchestrated by certain trustees to get rid of Hammond. Today Hammond and three associates resigned after a specially called trustee meeting that went on for seven hours. The board met in executive session, which is political speak for in private, so no one will know the tenor of the discussion unless it is leaked. It seems there are two things you can always count on in SBC agencies. First, they will be in continuous political turmoil. Second, they will meet in secret and not reveal who did what to whom. This particular meeting was first set to include only the executive committee of the board, but other members of the board found out about the agenda and demanded a meeting of the full board. Whether all the Southern Baptists who send money to the NAMB for its operations will ever learn why its representatives took this drastic action is questionable.
Certainly the NAMB intends to keep its secrets. Tim Patterson, Chairman, North American Mission Board, Board of Trustees, issued a statement saying that the men had resigned and the usual drivel about how it is a hard time for them, then ended with “I will not have any further comments for the media tonight, but we will be sharing more information with you very soon.” ( In other words, we will not say anything until we get together and decide how to present it.) Interestingly, Patterson made complimentary statements about Hammond at a commissioning service this May. Were those statements not true? Did Patterson change his mind within the last two months?
Patterson also said this about Hammond: "[he is one] who for the past two years has led NAMB with a steady, efficient and effective hand. He has consistently sounded the clarion call that North America is a mission field. And he has done all this with a Christ-like attitude that I have had the privilege to witness firsthand."
The NAMB trustees also unanimously approved a resolution describing NAMB as "an efficient and effective Southern Baptist entity that takes seriously the good stewardship of the Cooperative Program and Annie Armstrong Easter Offering dollars entrusted to us by Southern Baptists."
The three staff members who resigned are Dennis Culbreth, senior assistant to the president; Steve Reid, senior associate to the president for strategy development; and Brandon Pickett, communications team leader.
Hammond was highly touted by the Board and other prominent people in SBC life. He is a son and grandson of missionaries and was a missionary himself. He had been a church planter for the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia Convention. He also had an administrative role with that convention. He has also been a pastor, a seminary professor and a director of missions. .
The Board's president search committee recommended him after a nine month search. They billed that search as “intensive”. The search committee chairman, Greg Faulls, said “Dr. Hammond has proven himself to be a successful leader, strategist and practitioner in church planting missions and evangelism throughout his ministry career. Hammond understands missions at every level. He has proven skills and experience planting churches and strategically directing church planting in associations and a state convention. He is gifted in leadership and adept in the areas of business administration. He is bilingual and has a grasp of the complexity and diversity of the harvest field and clearly understands the importance and dynamics of NAMB’s relationships with her state partners. In addition, he is fully supportive of the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.”
Faulls had stated in the beginning they were determined to seek God's man.
When Faulls announced the decision to present Hammond, he invoked God's approval by saying "We were so moved by the hand of God through the process concerning Dr. Hammond that we are presenting a recommendation to you unanimously as a committee-a true unanimous recommendation from our committee." If they were moved by the hand of God, how could they make a mistake that had to be corrected after only two years.
What is going on at NAMB? Is the Board micro managing the agency so severely that the only way to survive is to be a puppet for the Board? It has not been that long since Bob Reccord came and went in the same position. Is it that the Board is incompetent to judge good character?
Regardless, the Board is again without executive leadership and floundering. How can we hope to reach North America with the gospel through an agency that cannot manage it business. And how can we ask Southern Baptists across America to give money to such an agency?
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
THE 400
There are many big anniversaries this year, such as the Calvin 500. This year is also being celebrated at the 400th anniversary of the first Baptists. (Warning: if you are a Landmark Baptist, you should not read this post as it contains truth that you cannot accept. Think of Tom Cruise's famous line in A Few Good Men.)
Since it is such a big anniversary, I will post some historical facts and some comments in coming posts.
In case you are poor at math, the year the story begins is 1609. The Church of England was the state church for our English spiritual ancestors. Membership was mandatory. Other denominations or religions were not allowed.
Those who attempted to separate from the church were often punished severely. The Church of England might well torture and kill them (but in a loving, Christ-like, way, I'm sure). These Separatists often had to leave England. This little congregation left England for Holland.
The group was lead by John Smyth. While studying his Bible, John decided that the baptism of infants was not scriptural, that only believers could be baptized. His congregation agreed.
John decided he needed to baptize the whole congregation. Humorously, the next problem became who could baptize John. I do not remember any qualifications set forth by Christ as to who can baptize, only who may be baptized, but clericalism prevailed and John decided only he could baptize himself. That scene from the movie, The Apostle, comes to mind. Since Smyth had been an Anglican priest, we can sympathize with his dilemma.
So, all were baptized and the first baptist congregation existed, and it existed in Holland. A few years later, the congregation returned to England and John the Baptist Smyth began to petition the king for religious freedom. A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity was the pamphlet he published.
Smyth later abandoned the Baptist identity and sought to lead his congregation into the Mennonite faith. In what would be a rousing start to Baptist arguments and politics, the church split. Smyth's supporters became Mennonites. Those who followed Thomas Helwys, another leader in the congregation, did not.
The first baptist church had the first baptist church split.
There are many big anniversaries this year, such as the Calvin 500. This year is also being celebrated at the 400th anniversary of the first Baptists. (Warning: if you are a Landmark Baptist, you should not read this post as it contains truth that you cannot accept. Think of Tom Cruise's famous line in A Few Good Men.)
Since it is such a big anniversary, I will post some historical facts and some comments in coming posts.
In case you are poor at math, the year the story begins is 1609. The Church of England was the state church for our English spiritual ancestors. Membership was mandatory. Other denominations or religions were not allowed.
Those who attempted to separate from the church were often punished severely. The Church of England might well torture and kill them (but in a loving, Christ-like, way, I'm sure). These Separatists often had to leave England. This little congregation left England for Holland.
The group was lead by John Smyth. While studying his Bible, John decided that the baptism of infants was not scriptural, that only believers could be baptized. His congregation agreed.
John decided he needed to baptize the whole congregation. Humorously, the next problem became who could baptize John. I do not remember any qualifications set forth by Christ as to who can baptize, only who may be baptized, but clericalism prevailed and John decided only he could baptize himself. That scene from the movie, The Apostle, comes to mind. Since Smyth had been an Anglican priest, we can sympathize with his dilemma.
So, all were baptized and the first baptist congregation existed, and it existed in Holland. A few years later, the congregation returned to England and John the Baptist Smyth began to petition the king for religious freedom. A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity was the pamphlet he published.
Smyth later abandoned the Baptist identity and sought to lead his congregation into the Mennonite faith. In what would be a rousing start to Baptist arguments and politics, the church split. Smyth's supporters became Mennonites. Those who followed Thomas Helwys, another leader in the congregation, did not.
The first baptist church had the first baptist church split.
Monday, April 13, 2009
What Happens When Church and State Get Together
Mac Brunson, who used to be the pastor in the big church across the Trinity River from me, but is now pastor of FBC Jacksonville, Florida, has a security detail. (That, alone, should raise an eye brow.)
One of the members on the detail is an investigator for the sheriff's department.
Brunson has created some controversy in his church with his fund raising and spending. One of his critics blogs about it. He blogged anonomously.
The investigator\church member\security detail member obtained a warrant and served it on Google to obtain the name of the blogger. (I'd like to read the warrant affidavit and see what crime was alleged. We can't do that because the State's Attorney destroyed the documents.)
The investigator revealed the name of the blogger to Brunson. I do not know if information obtained by warrant in Florida is confidential or not. It is in Texas if it is a Grand Jury subpoena. Now, the church has kicked the blogger out of the church and even given him a criminal trespass warning, preventing him from coming to the church without being arrested.
Brunson admitted the blogger never threatened violence. Yet, he pursuaded the sheriff to issue the trespass warning. Additionally, the Sheriff says he did not uncover evidence of criminal wrongdoing. If that is so, why the warning and why reveal the blogger's name, unless the purpose is to harass the blogger and keep him from criticizing Brunson?
At least they did not burn him at the stake.
It has also come to light that the warrant included information on two other bloggers who criticized other large baptist church pastors not even in Florida.
Some of the criticisms that lead to this joint church-state investigation and operation were of Brunson’s $300,000 salary, putting his wife on the payroll, his construction of a “lavish” office suite and accepting a $307,000 piece of land as a gift from church members to build on.
Brunson has now publicly called the blogger and now former church member a sociopath.
No word on what the blogger is calling Brunson.
Mac Brunson, who used to be the pastor in the big church across the Trinity River from me, but is now pastor of FBC Jacksonville, Florida, has a security detail. (That, alone, should raise an eye brow.)
One of the members on the detail is an investigator for the sheriff's department.
Brunson has created some controversy in his church with his fund raising and spending. One of his critics blogs about it. He blogged anonomously.
The investigator\church member\security detail member obtained a warrant and served it on Google to obtain the name of the blogger. (I'd like to read the warrant affidavit and see what crime was alleged. We can't do that because the State's Attorney destroyed the documents.)
The investigator revealed the name of the blogger to Brunson. I do not know if information obtained by warrant in Florida is confidential or not. It is in Texas if it is a Grand Jury subpoena. Now, the church has kicked the blogger out of the church and even given him a criminal trespass warning, preventing him from coming to the church without being arrested.
Brunson admitted the blogger never threatened violence. Yet, he pursuaded the sheriff to issue the trespass warning. Additionally, the Sheriff says he did not uncover evidence of criminal wrongdoing. If that is so, why the warning and why reveal the blogger's name, unless the purpose is to harass the blogger and keep him from criticizing Brunson?
At least they did not burn him at the stake.
It has also come to light that the warrant included information on two other bloggers who criticized other large baptist church pastors not even in Florida.
Some of the criticisms that lead to this joint church-state investigation and operation were of Brunson’s $300,000 salary, putting his wife on the payroll, his construction of a “lavish” office suite and accepting a $307,000 piece of land as a gift from church members to build on.
Brunson has now publicly called the blogger and now former church member a sociopath.
No word on what the blogger is calling Brunson.
That beeping sound you hear.......
is Rick Warrent backing up. Not trusting himself to do it in person, Warren has the media dude for Saddleback Church issue a statement explaining what Warren meant to say when he contradicted himself on his support of Proposition 8 in California, as mentioned on this blog and others the other day. Courtesy of the erstwhile folks at LifeWay, a Southern Baptist Entity, read it here.
Beep beep.
is Rick Warrent backing up. Not trusting himself to do it in person, Warren has the media dude for Saddleback Church issue a statement explaining what Warren meant to say when he contradicted himself on his support of Proposition 8 in California, as mentioned on this blog and others the other day. Courtesy of the erstwhile folks at LifeWay, a Southern Baptist Entity, read it here.
Beep beep.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
ALVIN REID HAS A PROBLEM
His problem is with the approach of the Southern Baptist Convention. No, Alvin, you are not the only one.
The recent SBC attacks on Mark Driscoll are the launching point for his problem. Alvin, the good news is, those attacks will just make him more popular with the people he reaches, for it proves he is not one of the good ole boys they are used to and don't like.
The ship is sinking. Those thrown overboard may be the only ones to survive.
His problem is with the approach of the Southern Baptist Convention. No, Alvin, you are not the only one.
The recent SBC attacks on Mark Driscoll are the launching point for his problem. Alvin, the good news is, those attacks will just make him more popular with the people he reaches, for it proves he is not one of the good ole boys they are used to and don't like.
The ship is sinking. Those thrown overboard may be the only ones to survive.
Monday, February 02, 2009
This makes me feel better
John Calvin’s commentary on Isaiah 6:3: “The angels never cease from their melody in singing the praises of God, as the holiness of God supplies us with inexhaustible reasons for them.”
Since I don't intend to teach at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, I can post this without fear of retribution.
At least for now.
John Calvin’s commentary on Isaiah 6:3: “The angels never cease from their melody in singing the praises of God, as the holiness of God supplies us with inexhaustible reasons for them.”
Since I don't intend to teach at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, I can post this without fear of retribution.
At least for now.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Great article on the state of the SBC at Boar’s Head Tavern.
Plus, it has a nice plug for my friend, Fred Malone.
Plus, it has a nice plug for my friend, Fred Malone.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
SHE HAS BEHELD HIM FACE TO FACE
I just heard that Dottie Rambo died Sunday when her tour bus crashed. I had no idea she was 74 years old. She was busy, I can tell you that. She published 2,500 or so songs. The 1991 Baptist Hymnal has "We Shall Behold Him" and "Behold the Lamb." The 2008 hymnal will also have "Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome" when it comes out this summer. She also wrote "I Go To the Rock" which you might remember from the movie "The Preacher's Wife", where it was sung by Whitney Houston.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
"As I read the New Testament, I do not see any example of the church understanding its gospel or its mission to be the direct shaping of the laws of the land or the improving of its structures." Certainly, the apostle Paul never tells the church to spend its time explicitly instructing the Roman emperor or shaping the pagans' view of culture." Mark Dever, senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
CONSOLING THOUGHTS FROM CALVIN
There are days I think there is no way the SBC can survive. Today I read this from Calvin. If he can be optimisticly faithful, surely I can. No one has tried to kill me yet. It is from his Commentary on Micah 4:6-7.
Micah 4:6, 7 reads: "6. In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that I have afflicted: "7. And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast off a strong nation; and the Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion from henceforth even forever."
Commenting on verse 6, Calvin says:
"Although the Church is at the present time hardly to be distinguished from a dead, or at best a sick, man, there is no reason for despair; for the Lord raises up His own suddenly, as He waked the dead from the grave. This we must clearly remember lest, when the Church fails to shine forth, we conclude too quickly that her light has died utterly away. But the Church in the world is so preserved that she rises suddenly from the dead. Her very preservation through the years is due to a succession of such miracles. Let us cling to the remembrance that she is not without her resurrection, or rather, not without her many resurrections."
There are days I think there is no way the SBC can survive. Today I read this from Calvin. If he can be optimisticly faithful, surely I can. No one has tried to kill me yet. It is from his Commentary on Micah 4:6-7.
Micah 4:6, 7 reads: "6. In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that I have afflicted: "7. And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast off a strong nation; and the Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion from henceforth even forever."
Commenting on verse 6, Calvin says:
"Although the Church is at the present time hardly to be distinguished from a dead, or at best a sick, man, there is no reason for despair; for the Lord raises up His own suddenly, as He waked the dead from the grave. This we must clearly remember lest, when the Church fails to shine forth, we conclude too quickly that her light has died utterly away. But the Church in the world is so preserved that she rises suddenly from the dead. Her very preservation through the years is due to a succession of such miracles. Let us cling to the remembrance that she is not without her resurrection, or rather, not without her many resurrections."
Friday, April 18, 2008
A WORD TO THE WISE (IF SUCH EXISTS IN THE SBC)
Martyn Lloyd-Jones on schism: "It is division among people who are agreed about the essentials and the centralities, but who separate over secondary and less important matters."
The leaders of our convention would do well to heed the words of MLJ, cease looking within for wars to fight with their conservative Baptist brothers and sisters who embrace the truths of the Reformation and many of our early Baptist ancestors, and, instead, invest that energy and zeal in winning the lost, preaching the gospel and restoring our churches to believing, worshipping wholeness.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones on schism: "It is division among people who are agreed about the essentials and the centralities, but who separate over secondary and less important matters."
The leaders of our convention would do well to heed the words of MLJ, cease looking within for wars to fight with their conservative Baptist brothers and sisters who embrace the truths of the Reformation and many of our early Baptist ancestors, and, instead, invest that energy and zeal in winning the lost, preaching the gospel and restoring our churches to believing, worshipping wholeness.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
SOUTHWESTERN SEMINARY - 100 YEARS
First of all, congrats to SWBTS for lasting 100 years. I received my book today, a thick, color, smelly history of Southwestern. It must have been very expensive to produce.
I mean smelly literally. It smells. I advise reading it in an open space to avoid passing out. It may be the ink, but I read it in my office and began hallucinating that Paige Patterson had become a Calvinist and all was right with the world.
After noting the size and smell, I flipped through the book just looking to see what is there. It is arranged around each president. They did not leave out Russell Dilday.
The next thing I noticed is that Dorothy Patterson is the only woman listed in the school of theology. I could write something catty here, but I won't.
The last thing I noticed is that the chapel looks bigger than anything they could possible need over there.
First of all, congrats to SWBTS for lasting 100 years. I received my book today, a thick, color, smelly history of Southwestern. It must have been very expensive to produce.
I mean smelly literally. It smells. I advise reading it in an open space to avoid passing out. It may be the ink, but I read it in my office and began hallucinating that Paige Patterson had become a Calvinist and all was right with the world.
After noting the size and smell, I flipped through the book just looking to see what is there. It is arranged around each president. They did not leave out Russell Dilday.
The next thing I noticed is that Dorothy Patterson is the only woman listed in the school of theology. I could write something catty here, but I won't.
The last thing I noticed is that the chapel looks bigger than anything they could possible need over there.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
MOHLER IS IN THE RACE!
Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Dallas, said in a press press release he would nominate Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. for president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the next meeting, which is in June. Jeffress said Mohler provides “the kind of visionary leader Southern Baptists need to communicate a missional conservatism and biblical clarity to the world”.
Things look good for a Mohler election. The meeting is in in Indianapolis, just across the river from Louisville, Kentucky. Lots of seminary students and faculty from Southern could afford to drive over and attend. In addition, Mohler is well known to anyone who watches television news shows and talk shows, as he is constantly called on to give the Christian point of view on various issues. He always does so in a calm, intelligent and informed manner. He also has a good blog and commentary for Crosswalk.com. He has a radio broadcast as well.
Mohler is also part of the old conservative guard. He has stree cred for reforming the seminary. He has sided with the insiders for years, including a recent "we love Paige Patterson" gathering.
As pastor of FBC Dallas, Jeffress carries weight as a nominator. He also served 15 years as pastor of First Baptist Church of Wichita Falls, Texas, former roost of Morris Chapman. He has a television program and a radio broadcast.
Mohler has also put in his time as a denominational leader. He served on the Program and Structure Study Committee that made recommendations for the reorganization of the convention in 1995. He serves on the denomination’s Great Commission Council. Mohler chaired the SBC Committee on Resolutions. He served on the Baptist Faith and Message revision committee in 2000. He chairs the Council of Seminary Presidents.
Count me in.
Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Dallas, said in a press press release he would nominate Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. for president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the next meeting, which is in June. Jeffress said Mohler provides “the kind of visionary leader Southern Baptists need to communicate a missional conservatism and biblical clarity to the world”.
Things look good for a Mohler election. The meeting is in in Indianapolis, just across the river from Louisville, Kentucky. Lots of seminary students and faculty from Southern could afford to drive over and attend. In addition, Mohler is well known to anyone who watches television news shows and talk shows, as he is constantly called on to give the Christian point of view on various issues. He always does so in a calm, intelligent and informed manner. He also has a good blog and commentary for Crosswalk.com. He has a radio broadcast as well.
Mohler is also part of the old conservative guard. He has stree cred for reforming the seminary. He has sided with the insiders for years, including a recent "we love Paige Patterson" gathering.
As pastor of FBC Dallas, Jeffress carries weight as a nominator. He also served 15 years as pastor of First Baptist Church of Wichita Falls, Texas, former roost of Morris Chapman. He has a television program and a radio broadcast.
Mohler has also put in his time as a denominational leader. He served on the Program and Structure Study Committee that made recommendations for the reorganization of the convention in 1995. He serves on the denomination’s Great Commission Council. Mohler chaired the SBC Committee on Resolutions. He served on the Baptist Faith and Message revision committee in 2000. He chairs the Council of Seminary Presidents.
Count me in.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
You can read other bloggers on the Missouri Baptist Convention fiasco at:
http://www.founders.org/blog/
http://www.achristianmanifesto.com/thoughtsandadventures/?p=320
http://micahfries.com/2007/12/11/acts-29-is-banned/
http://oursovereignjoy.blogspot.com/
http://saidatsouthern.com/
Also note that Ed Stetzer of Lifeway Research is scheduled to speak at an Acts 29 event next month, and, I believe, was previously associated with them.
http://www.founders.org/blog/
http://www.achristianmanifesto.com/thoughtsandadventures/?p=320
http://micahfries.com/2007/12/11/acts-29-is-banned/
http://oursovereignjoy.blogspot.com/
http://saidatsouthern.com/
Also note that Ed Stetzer of Lifeway Research is scheduled to speak at an Acts 29 event next month, and, I believe, was previously associated with them.
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