This past Tuesday our college dean Bruce Ashford delivered a compelling message on the Great Commission from Matthew 28:16-20. In his opening remarks he noted how some today tend to focus on the Great Commission as primarily the assignment for international missionaries who go to reach the unreached. I began … Read More »
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[Editor's Note: This post by Dr. Chip McDaniel, Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Southeastern, continues our "For the Record" series by Southeastern faculty. In this post Dr. McDaniel addresses the relevance of the Old Testament for cross-cultural Christian mission. He surveyed several current and former missionaries to get ... Read More »
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Recently, a group of Southern Baptists published a document titled ”A Statement of the Traditional Baptist Understanding of God’s Plan of Salvation.” The statement, which has been signed by several Southern Baptist leaders, is intended to offer an alternative to a more Calvinistic understanding of salvation. Supporters of the statement believe … Read More »
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Is the Cooperative Program Worthy of Sacrifice? by Nathan Finn and Micah Fries We are concerned. As we look across our beloved Southern Baptist Convention, we see a problem that is significant, and is growing. Sadly, statistics inform us that this is an issue across the entire spectrum of SBC … Read More »
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Question: What is the greatest strength of the SBC? The greatest weakness? Reply: I think the answer to these 2 questions is the same: our fraternal and family orientation. We gain great strength by being a family or convention of Southern Baptist churches united by a passion for international missions, … Read More »
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Question: What does the spiritual and intellectual makeup of a Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate look like? Reply: The easiest way to answer that question is he or she looks like a Great Commission Christian. In other words, they have a consuming passion to make disciples of all the people … Read More »
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Reply #2: Calvinism has become a hot topic of conversation within the SBC in the last decade. Some people gladly embrace it as a return to our roots and our founding fathers while others worry that it is going to destroy our convention. Often we hear stories of churches being … Read More »
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10.4.2011 Question: In light of your work with the Great Commission Resurgence, what are some things, other than faithfully giving to our local churches and missions agencies, that we can do to promote giving money to reach unreached people groups worldwide? Reply: Rob, I think there are a number of … Read More »
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Estimates of the number of Christians in China vary from 16 million to 200 million. Because of the Chinese government’s often hostile approach to religion, getting a credible count has been nearly impossible. Now, in a recent First Things article (First Things, May 2011, pp. 14-16), three Baylor sociologists claim … Read More »
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Over the past several years, President Akin has led Southeastern Seminary to become even more of a Great Commission Seminary than it was already. In so doing, he challenged the college to be a “Great Commission college” and the faculty to make every classroom a “Great Commission classroom.” For me … Read More »
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