As President of the Southern Baptist Convention, I must confess I have never been more excited about our future as a family. The needs that we see arising is a constant reminder that none of us can do alone what we are called to do as a community. I believe as each individual state and local association begin to share their personal needs, it will help all of us to realize that we must once … [Read More]
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How Can We Serve You through Between the Times?
Mar 6th, 2010 by administrator
Between the Times is the officially faculty blog of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Southeatern exists first and foremost to serve the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention. Our professors are not freelance academics, but rather are denominational servants who have a heart for local churches. Most of our faculty members have at one time or other served as pastors, missionaries, or other ministry leaders. Virtually all of us currently serve our local churches as pastors … [Read More]
What is the Missional Gospel? Part 5: The Evangelical Missional Church
Mar 5th, 2010 by administrator
What is the Missional Gospel? Part 5: The Evangelical Missional Church
By Keith Whitfield
At a recent conference, Tim Keller addressed the challenges of evangelism in a post-modern context and gave six principles on how to pursue evangelism in this context. The first principle was “Gospel Theologizing,” and what he meant by this is phrase that all theology should articulate the gospel message. He says our theology should be an exposition of the gospel, and our presentation … [Read More]
Jerry Rankin: Leaders in Denial
Mar 4th, 2010 by administrator
We at BtT would like to make you aware of Jerry Rankin’s recent post, “Leaders in Denial, at his blogsite Ranking Connecting. In the post, Rankin argues that some SBC leaders are in denial, thinking that the SBC is in good shape, that it actually has 16 million members, that the “Covenant for a New Century” actually poised us for the 21st century, and so forth. But the reality, he argues, is that the SBC is … [Read More]
What is the Missional Gospel? Part 4: The Emerging Missional Church
Mar 4th, 2010 by administrator
What is the Missional Gospel? Part 4: The Emerging Missional Church
By Keith Whitfield
Brian McLaren announced in 2004 at “The Billy Graham Center Evangelism Roundtable” that “we are in need of radical strategic rethinking of our current strategy as gospel-oriented Christians seeking to follow the Great Commission” (“The Strategy We Pursue,”). He argues that this need is urgent and apparent given the low church attendance by people in our culture, the number of Christian kids dropping … [Read More]
Al Mohler: Cooperative Missions & The GCR
Mar 3rd, 2010 by administrator
Editor’s Note: The Great Commission Resurgence Task Force is now releasing a series of blogs unpacking various points of their recommendation with greater depth and clarity. Below is one installment in the series.
Cooperative Missions and the Great Commission Resurgence
R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President
Reaching the people of North America with the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been a primary purpose of the Southern Baptist Convention since its beginning in 1845. Over the last 150 years and more, Southern Baptists … [Read More]
Ronnie Floyd: The Cooperative Program and Great Commission Giving
Mar 3rd, 2010 by administrator
Editor’s Note: The Great Commission Resurgence Task Force is now releasing a series of blogs unpacking various points of their recommendation with greater depth and clarity. Below is the first installment.
The Cooperative Program and Great Commission Giving
(Ronnie Floyd)
As people are processing the Great Commission Resurgence Progress Report, some are trying to understand the Cooperative Program and its relationship to Great Commission Giving. Since so much information needed to be shared initially through our report, it is now essential … [Read More]
What is the Missional Gospel? Part 3: The Ecumenical Missional Church
Mar 3rd, 2010 by administrator
What is the Missional Gospel? Part 3: The Ecumenical Missional Church
By Keith Whitfield
The ecumenical missional church arises from a growing dis-ease with an approach to church that they claim was inherited from Christendom. Their concern with this approach to the church is that it views the church as a place and a “vender of religion.” Breaking from this, they attempt to return to the gospel to set forth a new vision for the church and … [Read More]
What is the Missional Gospel? Part 2: A Brief History of the Term “Missional”
Mar 2nd, 2010 by administrator
What is the Missional Gospel? Part 2: A Brief History of the Term “Missional”
By Keith Whitfield
The “missional” phenomenon is rooted in a broad movement to engage culture with the gospel. From Vatican II, the ecumenical movement, the rise of the megachurch, and seeker-sensitive churches, to the Gen-X churches of the 1990s, engaging the culture with the gospel is a defining mark of ecclesiology over the last sixty years. In the last twenty-five years, particularly in … [Read More]
What is the Missional Gospel? Part 1: A Survey of Perspectives
Mar 1st, 2010 by administrator
What is the Missional Gospel? Part 1: A Survey of Perspectives
By Keith Whitfield
An adjective is causing a controversy. The adjective “missional” has become a popular description of the church and its ministry for many people in recent years. The use of this modifier has attracted concern and criticism from more than a few people.
Some have expressed concern because it seems faddish. It might be. No doubt, there is a certain danger with fads in that … [Read More]
