Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for June 9, written by Mark Rathel, professor at the Baptist College of Florida in Graceville, Florida.
George Bullard discusses the importance of crafting a church in the image of God rather than earthly institutions. For the church to be made into the image of God, it must be open to spiritual, strategical and structural change.
The stark contrast caught my attention. It also helped keep me grounded on how much preview content to share regarding the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting.
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary announced it has received a grant of $1.25 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. in support for the Great Commission Preaching Initiative of Southeastern’s Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership.
The Resolutions Committee has released a list of “preliminary” drafts of this year’s proposed resolutions that will go before messengers during the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.
Earl Trapp has been a missionary to the Kayapo Indians for 64 years. Now, he and Jerry Walker, a deacon at First Baptist Church Aztec, New Mexico, are working on digitizing cassette tape recordings of each of Trapp’s sermons to the Kayapo.
“To truly understand and attack the problem of crippling decline looming large over the future of the SBC will require Southern Baptists to embrace two radical steps,” says Chuck Kelley, president emeritus of New Orleans Seminary.
As Southern Baptist messengers gather in Indianapolis for their annual meeting (June 11-12), they will have one more opportunity the night before to hear from the six candidates who are seeking to be elected as SBC president.