The Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting is over for another year. The post-convention discussions are subsiding. We can resume fulfilling the Great Commission in the
There was a creak, then the sound of something cracking, then people running, and finally a crash. It was April 7 at the 2023 Masters
Mark Twain is credited with saying, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” The Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting takes place in a few
Quick! Without thinking for more than three seconds, tell me the name of the Baptist associational handbook that tells how an association must function —
Nathan, chairperson of the pastor search committee for a neighborhood church with a wonderful history that was now struggling to survive, asked to speak with
One recent Sunday, my wife and I decided not to attend live, on-site church. A crisis in our family had taken place 200 miles away
In 1964, music producer Phil Spector commissioned songwriters Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann to write the song, “You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling.” It was then
Artificial intelligence applications such as ChatGPT are growing rapidly. The creators themselves are surprised by the fast-growing interest in this resource. Part of their surprise
I never heard the following terms in a seminary classroom — performance transparency, donor-advised fund, fiduciary, asset allocation, values-based investing, evergreen model, duration bonds and
The pattern of membership in our Baptist denomination is straightforward. Individuals are members of churches. Churches are members of an association, and they affiliate with
