The task force appointed to study a possible name change of the Southern Baptist Convention is recommending that the convention maintain its legal name but adopt an informal, non-legal name for those who want to use it: Great Commission Baptists.
Daily Archives: February 21, 2012
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Jimmy Draper, chairman of the task force that studied the question of changing the name of the Southern Baptist Convention, reports to the SBC Executive Committee during its Monday night (Feb. 20) meeting. The task force was named by SBC President Bryant Wright last September.
Maryland pastor Ken Fentress and seminary president Paige Patterson affirmed the Feb. 20 report to the SBC Executive Committee by a task force that studied the possibility of a name change of the Southern Baptist Convention and proposed the option of Southern Baptists also calling themselves “Great Commission Baptists.” Following […]
Drawing from the example of the older brother in Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15, Frank Page advised Southern Baptists to examine their motives as they consider altering the name by which they’re known.
Iranian officials may have issued an order to execute a pastor at the center of a high-profile case that has drawn international attention, according to a legal group that has followed the case.
Florida Baptists’ African American church planting leader moves beyond 1960s-era segregation and personal tragedy to experience blessings that “naturally came from God.” For Maxie Miller Jr., “What I am came from God.”
Social media can be a source of temptation that can help tear apart a marriage, but with personal boundaries can be used safely, says columnist and seminary dean Terri Stovall.