Missional Ministry

Toward a Missional Convention at the Baptist Identity Conference

Ed Stetzer — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:22:54 GMT

This paper was presented by Ed Stetzer at Union University on February 17th at the request of David Dockery, university president. The focus was on missional ministry and cooperation in the SBC.

Missional Nature Of The Church

Admin — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 01:44:54 GMT

Missional Nature Of The Church: Ed Stetzer, Ph.D.

Excerpt: Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) churches and other evangelical churches are failing to impact the lostness of North America. New statistics from the Leavell Center at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary tell a disconcerting story—89 percent of churches in the Convention are not effectively reaching the lost. According to the study, only 11 percent of the churches are experiencing healthy growth.

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Embracing The Missional Resurgence Of The SBC

Admin — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:48:27 GMT

AN OCCASIONAL PAPER: EMBRACING THE MISSIONAL RESURGENCE OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION

WITHOUT GOING EMERGENT

Presented to Research Department of NAMB

Dr. Jim Millirons

Excerpt: God has providentially led the largest evangelical convention of churches through a theological resurgence. I believe that He has done so to launch an incredible missional resurgence in North America. We no longer doubt or argue that God has spoken, that Jesus explicitly saves, and that people are lost and need the Savior. This fledging movement must not be sidetracked by arguments over missional methods and models. Nor must it be polarized by different philosophies of mission. Southern Baptists have unified in doctrine and now they must be unified in mission even if they have differences of opinions on how mission takes place in individual lives, churches, associations, state conventions, agencies, etc. As recent as the SBC in June of 2006, Southern Baptists recently upheld the local autonomy of the church in regards to mission giving and at the same time affirmed the tried and tested best tool and vehicle of the worldwide evangelism, the Cooperative Program....