In the wake of the SBC’s appointment of a Great Commission Resurgence Task Force last year, Broadman & Holman commissioned a book on the topic, The Great Commission Resurgence: Fulfilling God’s Mandate in Our Time. The 429 page treatise, edited by Chuck Lawless and Adam Greenway, has just now been released and is worth your time reading if you are interested in the SBC and GCR.

The Great Commission Resurgence includes essays written by pastors (David Platt, J. D. Greear, Al Jackson, Tom Ascol), entity heads (Danny Akin, Al Mohler, Thom Rainer, Jeff Iorg, Jerry Rankin, David Dockery), and seminary profs (Russell Moore, Nathan Finn, Bruce Ashford, David Allen). Below is the table of contents:

Foreword: Johnny Hunt

Intro: Chuck Lawless

Section 1: Where We Are

SBC Decline and Demographic Change (Ed Stetzer)

A Resurgence Not Yet Fulfilled (Thom Rainer)

Southern Baptist History: A Great Commission Reading (Nathan Finn)

The Future of the SBC (Al Mohler)

Section 2: From the Word

Theology Bleeds (Russ Moore)

Outside the Camp (David Platt)

The Big Picture of the Great Commission (Al Gilbert)

The Great Commission Tension: God’s Work and Ours (Tom Ascol)

Section 3: For the World

A Theologically-Driven Missiology for a GCR (Bruce Riley Ashford)

To All Peoples: The Great Commission & the Nations (Jerry Rankin)

North America as a Mission Field (Jeff Iorg)

The American Dream or the GCR? (Al Jackson)

Section 4: Via the Church

The Pastor as Personal Evangelist (William Henard)

Preaching for a GCR (David Allen)

The Great Commission and the Urban Context (Troy Bush)

Great Commission Multiplication (J. D. Greear)

Section 5: The Way Forward

Axioms for a GCR (Daniel Akin)

Ready or Not, a New SBC is Coming (Ed Stetzer & Philip Nation)

Convictional Yet Cooperative (David Dockery)

Conclusion: Adam Greenway