With all the issues facing Southern Baptists right now, and confronted by believers in every walk and witness of life, we need another Blackaby who will call us to listen for the voice of God …
Illinois pastor David Wright of Joppa Missionary Baptist Church reflects on his journey, initially questioning his effectiveness before a surge of baptisms renewed his faith.
Always a nervous flyer, I prayed off and on for a few weeks before I left. But on the plane, with every bump or ding of the seatbelt sign my silent prayers took on a more frenzied pace.
I couldn’t just ignore my doubts or turn off my brain. What was I going to do? My honest conclusions were leading me to a place where I respected the Bible, but didn’t believe it was the Word of God.
Sandy Wisdom-Martin, Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) national executive director-treasurer, shared her story of missions legacy and learning set by her father and the small Baptist church where she grew up.
If Southern Baptists believed in the “Hail Mary” pass — that long bomb to the endzone that, if caught, just might save the game — this would be their moment.
In many parts of Illinois, there are pastors who have stayed in their churches for 15, maybe 20 years. And some longer than that, like maybe 25. But few have stayed 60 years.
“Our goal is never to fill the seats, but to fulfill the Great Commission.”
Here are three things that ought not be waited on. Instead, these areas of life need our willingness to say, “No more putting this off. I’m not a procrastinator!”
Illinois AG Kwame Raoul said he will not prosecute operators of pro-life pregnancy resource centers under a new consumer fraud law after a federal judge called the “deceptive practices” law “stupid and very likely unconstitutional.”
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