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An Update from A Pirate Who Couldn’t Do Anything

Jeff Wright

A few years ago Alan Nelson used a phrase that briefly set SBC Twitter ablaze.  He wrote, “take the ship” and ol’ Dave Miller, who suffers from a debilitating case of thalassoharpaxophobia fell on his fainting couch moaning.  The Guinea hens that circle his website heard the commotion and sounded the alarm.  And thus a […]

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Adam Greenway: “Anonymous Social Media Accounts” Sound Off on Litton

Jeff Wright

During Ed Litton’s appearance at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Chapel he sat down for a conversation with Seminary President Adam Greenway. In one segment of the conversation President Greenway references his own announcement of Litton’s appearance and makes reference to “anonymous social media accounts” posting “snark” in reply.  You can see the clip in this […]

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What to Make of Owen Strachan’s Departure

Jeff Wright

As you likely know, Owen Strachan is leaving the Southern Baptist Convention. How should we think about that move? For starters there are lots of people his departure is good for.  It’s great for everyone connected to Grace Bible Theological Seminary, so great that “great” really doesn’t quite capture how good it is.  Go look […]

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Randy Adams: SBC Presidential Candidate Interview

Jeff Wright

On this episode Jeff sits down with Randy Adams, Executive Director of the Northwest Baptist Convention, and candidate for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention. You’ll get to know Randy better – how important the BCM was in his walk with Christ, his time pastoring, how he came to the Northwest, and what his […]

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Upcoming SBC Presidential Candidate Interviews

Jeff Wright

It’s been a while since we released an episode of our podcast so I thought I would drop in to tell you about some upcoming episodes we hope you find helpful. The CR:V site is SBC-facing and as you likely know the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annual Meeting is coming up.  This year we have four […]

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Dr. Tom Nettles on The Mission Board that Saved the Southern Baptist Convention

Jeff Wright

Renowned church historian and Southern Baptist Dr. Tom Nettles recently spoke with the Church History Matters podcast about the founding of the SBC’s Domestic Mission Board in 1845 and how that decision reverberated through the Convention. This is a great reminder of the importance of The Cooperative Program as a mechanism for funding missions and […]

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Planting a Church with the North American Mission Board: What is it Like?

Jeff Wright

The recent news about North American Mission Board church plants identifying women in their congregation as pastors may have piqued your interest in what the process is like for those interested in planting. Some insight can be found on the Southern Baptist subreddit on Reddit.com in a thread named “Church planter in residence at an […]

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Time to Contact NAMB Trustees. Here’s How.

Jeff Wright

Southern Baptists are a great-commission people.  As a result, Southern Baptists are a church-planting people. Southern Baptist are also a confessional people who, as a result, have real clarity on what the important terms “church” and “pastor” mean according to Scripture.  This clarity allows Southern Baptists to accomplish what they intend in church planting, namely […]

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SBC Executive Committee ERLC Task Force Releases Investigation Report

Jeff Wright

Approximately one year ago the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee formed a task force to “review the past and present activities” of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). The Baptist Press reporting on the Task Force’s formation is a helpful refresher: The Executive Committee action comes in response to “ongoing concerns” cited by EC […]

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“Liberals Are Very Good at Capturing Institutions. They’re Very Poor at Creating Institutions.”

Jeff Wright

Aaron Ren has released an episode of his podcast, The Masculinist, with critical insights for those interested in learning lessons for today from church history.  The focus of the episode is the battle for conservative theology within the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. The quote in the title of this post can be found around […]

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TBC’s Randy Davis: There is Absolutely No SBC Hierarchy

Jeff Wright

Randy Davis, President and executive director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, writing for The Baptist and Reflector: Let’s make one thing clear from the outset: There is absolutely no denominational hierarchy when it comes to the Southern Baptist Convention… If we allow drift from this benchmark polity, the damage will be extremely significant and invite grave consequences. […]

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