I keep hearing people of all ages and positions in the SBC asking for a vision for the future. Today Danny Akin brought it for a solid hour of “laser beam focus”, to quote Akin himself, on the Great Commission. I am listening to it again as I ride to Georgia. Every SBC leader should hear this podcast! Check it out at sebts.edu or read it at betweenthetimes.com. Foggy times call for a light-it is beaming brightly today. Young and … →

Yesterday marked one of the greatest days of my life. I spent the day with Hannah, our 16-year old daughter. Michelle and I have valued our children greatly, in no small part because for years it seemed as though we would never have them. Michelle put the HOME in homemaker, and does a remarkable job of being the heart of our home. I take the lead in turning points, rites of passages, in their lives, and thus Hannah and I … →

Mark Liederbach and I are happy to report our interview about our new book The Convergent Church: Missional Worshipers in an Emerging Culture is up at edstetzer.com. Drop by and comment/ask a question!

NOTE: This is a continuation of an article based on the book Convergent Church: Missional Worshipers in an Emerging Culture by Alvin L. Reid and Mark Liederbach (Kregel). 4. Convergent evangelism will involve both “come and see” and “go and tell” elements. Attractional evangelism, the inviting lost people to come and hear the gospel, still matters. Conventional churches effective in evangelism (most are not) have benefited greatly from attractional evangelism and will in coming days. But so many conventional churches … →

Note: the following is adapted from the chapter “Converging on Evangelism,” in The Convergent Church: Missional Worshipers in an Emerging Culture (Kregel). Order the book at amazon.com. The rising tide of commitment to a renewed Southern Baptist Convention looks to the phrase “Great Commission Resurgence” as the captivating theme. While that expresses the vision in a nutshell, I want to explore specifically how we can carry out such a vision in local churches across the U.S. The following articles (a … →