The apostle Paul was at once the early church’s best theologian, most perceptive observer of culture, and most active evangelist. As an embodiment of these traits, he provides for us an example of the qualities demanded of an international church planter. He must be both theologically and culturally savvy. He must be a theoretician and a practitioner. He sometimes is asked to be both a church planter and a one-man seminary.
Precisely because of these expectations, … [Read More]
The Church Planter’s Library (3): International Church Planting
The Church Planter’s Library (2): North American Church Planting & Renewal
North American church planting and renewal is not for wimps, dummies, or dorks. In order to plant and revitalize churches in 21st century America, we need men who are strong in their walk with the Lord, strong as husbands and fathers, and strong in perseverance. Further, the church needs men whose mind is buttressed by sound theology and missiology. Third, we need men who are culturally savvy, having a ready gasp of their socio-cultural context … [Read More]
The Church Planter’s Library (1): Introduction
On Tuesday mornings, I drink and read. By 7:30 a.m., I am sitting around the table in my conference room with a rowdy group of guys, including some of the best students on campus. We start off by drinking coffee (unless Bryan Laughlin makes the coffee, in which case we actually cut it into squares and chew it), cracking jokes, and catching up, but soon we get down to business, discussing how to take the gospel … [Read More]
New! New! Ph. D. Track in North American Missiology
We at Southeastern would like to announce that our Ph. D. in Applied Theology has a new track in North American Missiology. The degree is available to those persons with some experience in church planting, church renewal, or some other facet of North American missiology.
Students in this track will have the opportunity to study with Ed Stetzer, Thom Rainer, Andreas Kostenberger, J. D. Greear, and others.
We provide a delivery system that is custom-built for persons … [Read More]
Recommended Links and Forthcoming Posts at BtT
There are a number of interesting articles that have appeared on the web in the past few days. I thought I would point out a handful of them.
In case you missed it, new BtT contributor J. D. Greear blogged here yesterday about his views on Calvinism.
My fellow SEBTS church historian Steve McKinion weighs in on “Third Generation Conservatives in the Southern Baptist Convention” at Baptist 21. This is the first post in a three-part series.
Tom Ascol … [Read More]
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Church Planting Boot Camp to be Held in Raleigh
Vintage 21, a thriving missional congregation that meets in Raleigh, will host a church planting “boot camp” February 4-5, 2009. The boot camp is sponsored by the Acts 29 Network. The speakers include Mark Driscoll, Wayne Grudem, Daniel Montgomery, and Southeastern’s own Danny Akin and Andreas Kostenberger. For more information about the boot camp, check out this website.
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Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence (Part 7): The United States in Great Commission Perspective
Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence (Part 7):
The United States in Great Commission Perspective
Note: This post is one in a series entitled, “Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence,” wherein we hope to give some definition of what constitutes a GCR, why the SBC needs a GCR, and what such a movement might look like in SBC life.
In the first five installments of the “Contours” series, Danny Akin, David Nelson, and Ken Keathley have written about … [Read More]
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Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence, Pt. 6: “The Nations” in Great Commission Perspective
Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence, Pt. 6:
“The Nations” in Great Commission Perspective
Note: This post is one in a series entitled, “Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence,” wherein we hope to give some definition of what constitutes a GCR, why the SBC needs a GCR, and what such a movement might look like in SBC life.
In the first five installments of the “Contours” series, Danny Akin, David Nelson, and Ken Keathley have written about a … [Read More]
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