By Brian Blackwell, Baptist Message staff writer WOODWORTH, La. (LBM) – Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Interim President and CEO Willie McLaurin urged Louisiana Baptist Convention Executive Board members to remain unified around the Great Commission. “I’m convinced we are created in the image of God in order that we might be on mission with God,” McLaurin said during the board meeting, Sept. 27, at Tall Timbers Baptist Conference Center. “Whenever we walk together in unity we can accomplish so much more for the glory of God. God’s Word reminds us that we are called to walk together in unity.” Preaching from Acts 2, McLaurin said the early church made a difference because they were unified in their mission to share the Gospel locally and beyond. Furthermore, he said, they experienced God’s blessings because they exalted the Savior, explained Scripture, edified the saints, embraced the Holy Spirit and saw sinners evangelized. “All of this happened because they were unified together under the banner of the Lord Jesus Christ,” he said. “They did not resist the Spirit. But they allowed the Holy Spirit to be their leader, to be their guide. And they were obedient to the purpose and the plan of the almighty … [Read more...]