By Danny Akin and Nathan Finn
Dr. Chapman’s seventh concern with Great Commission Giving is what he calls “the law of unintended consequences.” His concern is that CP budget shortfalls will result if GCG is embraced. SBC ministries would then be forced to raise their own funds like they did in the days before the CP. We have to confess that this is indeed a possibility. But Dr. Chapman makes two key assumptions that we would … [Read More]
Why We Believe the GCRTF Report is Good for the Future of the SBC (3c): Celebrating and Empowering Great Commission Giving
Why We Believe the GCRTF Report is Good for the Future of the SBC (3b): Celebrating and Empowering Great Commission Giving
By Danny Akin and Nathan Finn
In his white paper opposing Great Commission Giving, Dr. Chapman’s fourth concern is that GCG will result in a diminished motivation for Southern Baptists to cooperate. He states that he cannot understand why a pastor would not lead a church to support all that Southern Baptists do through the Cooperative Program. Dr. Chapman seems to imply that differing levels of support among autonomous churches is inappropriate and that some unmentioned … [Read More]
Why We Believe the GCRTF Report is Good for the Future of the SBC (2d): Making Our Values Transparent
By: Danny Akin & Steve McKinion
The Great Commission Resurgence Task Force has proposed the adoption of eight Core Values. We wrote about why we believe the first six of those are important in earlier posts. In this article we want to demonstrate why the final two Core Values are key to ensuring that the agencies and institutions of the Southern Baptist Convention will be more effective in fulfilling the Great Commission.
Value 7: Local Church. We … [Read More]
Why We Believe the GCRTF Report is Good for the Future of the SBC (3a): Celebrating and Empowering Great Commission Giving
By Danny Akin and Nathan Finn
On May 7, Southern Baptist Executive Committee President Morris Chapman released a white paper titled “What’s In a Name? The Cooperative Program and Great Commission Giving.” The paper is available online at Baptist2Baptist and through Baptist Press. The latter link includes an interview with Dr. Chapman conducted by Baptist Press executive editor Will Hall. This is the first of three blog posts written in response to Dr. Chapman’s document. We … [Read More]
Why We Believe the GCRTF Report is Good for the Future of the SBC (2c): Making Our Values Transparent (Trust, Future)
By: Danny Akin & Steven McKinion
The Great Commission Resurgence Task Force has proposed the adoption of eight Core Values. We wrote about why we believe the first four of those are important in an earlier post. In this article we want to demonstrate why the next two Core Values are key to ensuring that the churches, agencies and institutions of the Southern Baptist Convention will be more effective in fulfilling the Great Commission.
Value 5: Trust. … [Read More]
Why We Believe the GCRTF Report is Good for the Future of the SBC (2b): Making Our Values Transparent (Unity, Relationships)
By: Danny Akin and Steve McKinion
The Great Commission Resurgence Task Force has proposed the adoption of eight Core Values. We wrote about why we believe the first two of those are important in an earlier post. In this article we want to demonstrate why the next two Core Values are key to ensuring that the agencies and institutions of the Southern Baptist Convention will be more effective in fulfilling the Great Commission.
Value 3: Unity. We … [Read More]
Why We Believe the GCRTF Report is Good for the Future of the SBC (1): Getting the Mission Right
By: Danny Akin & Bruce Riley Ashford
[Editor’s Note: Southern Baptists will vote on the GCRTF report on June 15, 2010 at the annual Convention in Orlando, Florida. This promises to be a critically important and historically significant moment in our Convention. This series of posts attempts to (1) expound the merits of the Task Force report; (2) address the legitimate concerns raised by our brothers and sisters; and ... [Read More]
Akin Updates from Sudan
Southeastern Seminary president and Between the Times contributor Danny Akin is currently in Sudan along with his wife Charlotte and a couple dozen other believers. Dr. Akin is conducting a pastor’s conference and doing evangelistic work in local Sudanese villages. You can follow his periodic updates at Missions at Southeastern, the official blog of the Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies at SEBTS.
Worth Your Time to Check out New Group Blog
Now here is an interesting addition to the blogosphere. Missions at Southeastern is a group blog providing live reports and insights from our students living and serving around the world, missiological reflections by theologians, missiologists, and practitioners, as well as access to useful mission resources.
Next week (April 29-May 9), Danny Akin will be providing real-time updates as he travels through Africa training national pastors. Next month (May 15 – June 7), Greg Mathias will be … [Read More]
On GCR Myths (And Those Who Spread Them)
In recent days Danny Akin and now Ronnie Floyd have addressed what they believe to be myths about the Great Commission Resurgence, or at least the work of the GCR Task Force. A few bloggers and at least one state paper editor have responded. A common theme in these responses is that the blogger or other interlocutor claims he has not heretofore heard of the myth. Some have asked for evidence of the myth in either hard print or in the … [Read More]
