NASHVILLE (BP) -- The schedule for this year's Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting program was released this week by the SBC Executive Committee. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 2016 8:15 Opening Worship -- Julio Arriola, Convention music director; global worship pastor, Cross Church, Northwest Arkansas 8:25 Welcome and Call to Order -- Ronnie Floyd, SBC president; senior pastor, Cross Church, Northwest Arkansas Announcement of Committee on Committees, Credentials Committee, Tellers and Resolutions Committee 8:30 Scripture -- David Prince, pastor of preaching and vision, Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky. Prayer -- Sean Boone, lead pastor, New Beginning Christian Fellowship, St. Louis, Mo. 8:35 Registration Report and Constitution of Convention -- Jim Wells, SBC registration secretary; Crossway Baptist Church, Springfield, Mo. 8:38 Committee on Order of Business Report (First) -- Andrew Hebert, chairman; lead pastor, Taylor Memorial Baptist Church, Hobbs, N.M. 8:43 Appreciation of St. Louis Volunteers -- Ronnie Floyd 8:45 Welcome to St. Louis -- Joe Costephens, pastor, First Baptist Church, Ferguson, Mo.; Kenny Petty, church planting strategist, PlantMidwest; senior pastor, The Gate Church, St. Louis 8:50 … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2016
John Avant announced as Pastors’ Conference nominee
By Staff, Baptist Press ST. LOUIS (BP) -- John Avant, pastor of First Baptist Concord in Knoxville, Tenn., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference, according to an announcement by fellow Tennessee pastor Steve Gaines. Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn., stated in an April 27 announcement to Baptist Press: "I have known John Avant for over 30 years. We were in the Ph.D. program together at Southwestern Seminary in the 1980s. We both served as pastors of Southern Baptist churches in Texas at that same time. He is a man of Christ-like character. He has experienced personal revival as well as revival in his churches. He is a devoted husband and father, a Gospel preacher, a loving pastor, a soul winner and a servant leader. "Having served as the president of the SBC Pastors' Conference myself in 2005," Gaines said, "I am fully aware of the responsibilities of that position, and I am confident that Dr. Avant will do a wonderful job serving all Southern Baptist pastors." A former vice president for evangelization at the North American Mission Board, Avant has pastored seven churches in Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. Gaines said Avant "is known for the … [Read more...]
Boomers and Millennials at church: Who’s in charge?
By Erich Bridges, Christian Examiner RICHMOND, Va. (Christian Examiner) – George Turner, 23-year-old seminary freshman, thinks he's ready to step in for the senior pastor at his church. It's not that Rev. Price is burned out. He's just, well, a little stale. His preaching is too predictable. Worship style? Yawn. "I just think we need to be more tactile and relational," young Turner observed. "I've experienced deep connections with the mystery of the dance of God burning incense in my dorms." Rev. Price, out on a hospital visit, was unavailable for comment. Turner and Price aren't real, by the way. They're fictional characters invented by the Babylon Bee, a satirical website that lampoons church topics. But they hit uncomfortably close to home when it comes to the generational changing of the guard in churches across America. Baby boomer pastors and lay leaders are beginning to hand the reins over to Millennials in thousands of churches. But the hand-off isn't necessarily going smoothly – on either end. The generational struggle goes deeper than the well-documented "worship wars" over hymnbooks versus praise choruses, traditional versus contemporary worship or shirt-tails and jeans versus coats and ties. The underlying … [Read more...]
LC student joins global effort on Greek NT manuscripts
By Staff, Louisiana College News PINEVILLE -- Biblical Studies major Jeffrey Breaux represented Louisiana College this spring in a worldwide effort to examine and transcribe select New Testament manuscripts of 1 Timothy. Breaux -- who recently won academic awards for his achievements in both Hebrew and Greek -- said, “This is a rare opportunity for me as an undergraduate student because work like this is typically done at the graduate level." More than 60 universities and colleges worldwide participated in the collaborative effort among students and their scholastic mentors. “The opportunity to work with scholars and students all over the world on this project is both a blessing and a privilege,” said Dr. Justin Langford, assistant professor of Christian Studies. “Students can deepen their knowledge of textual criticism by sitting under the instruction of top scholars in the field.” Breaux, from Morgan City, was assigned several Greek manuscripts from 1 Timothy for transcription, and was mentored by Langford. “Believe it or not, there are still some Greek manuscripts of the New Testament that have not been thoroughly examined or included in electronic databases,” Langford said. The 1 Timothy project is sponsored by the … [Read more...]
Christ’s Community Church growing by serving
By Mark H. Hunter, Regional reporter DENHAM SPRINGS – When Willis and Shannon Easley accepted the call to Christ’s Community Church eight years ago the Louisiana Baptist congregation was meeting in a junior high school cafeteria and attendance could be counted on the fingers and toes of two people. Now they are meeting in a spacious new building south of town, holding two Sunday services, averaging 500 in attendance, and, last year they baptized 135, Willis Easley said. What is the key to the growth? “Immediately we started doing outreaches – sowing seeds,” Easley said. “We’ve seen people come into the church as a result of ministry outreach that we’ve done and we’ve seen people come into the church for the opportunity to be part of something. It comes from both directions.” “We pretty much have people with tattoos and piercings every Sunday,” Shannon added. “We really create an atmosphere that no matter who you are, no matter where you’ve been, what you’ve done or what you have on – you will feel loved and accepted. Our job is to love you and let God do the work. We teach the truth but we let God do the work.” Last fall, for example, they had a back-to-school event which provided free haircuts and school supplies. One … [Read more...]
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