Note: Chuck Lawless is Dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and President of the Lawless Group, a church consulting firm. The article below was originally published earlier today at his personal blog. Dr. Lawless has graciously given us permission to republish his excellent article at Between the Times.
I don’t recall fearing writing a blog, but this one scares me.
This week, Time magazine published its annual special … [Read More]
Time Magazine Speaks to Evangelicals
Pastoral Leadership, Part 7: Communication
I have the joy of teaching in our Doctor of Ministry Program at Southeastern Seminary. It is an outstanding program of study with majors in Expository Preaching, Leadership, Biblical Counseling, Faith and Culture, and Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth. You can learn more about the program by going here or by phone at 919-761-2216.
Recently, I received a very fine paper from one of my students on “Leadership in the Local Church.” The author is a … [Read More]
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The Type of Statesmen Southern Baptists Need, Part 2
1. We need leaders who balance orthodoxy and Christian piety.
As with almost all groups, at times in our history Southern Baptists have had leaders who were committed to sound doctrine but were not always careful to “watch their life” (1 Tim. 4:16). At other times we have had leaders who rejected, or at least questioned, historic orthodoxy, though many of them were seemingly model Christians in terms of their spiritual walk. This is not … [Read More]
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The Type of Statesmen Southern Baptists Need, Part 1
In honor of our national elections, I want to offer a reflection on the type of statesmen I believe Southern Baptists need. I think this is an important issue because Southern Baptists are in the midst of a transitional era. I assume there are few who would question this. And there is perhaps no greater evidence that we are a denomination in transition than the hopes expressed and concerns raised about Convention leadership (both present … [Read More]
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