Luke Holmes
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Both a sheep and a shepherd. Disciple, Husband, Father, Tired. Pastor at Immanuel Baptist. Contributor to @forthechurch @lifewaypastors @factsandtrends
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"If Jesus Christ really rose from the dead, then whatever you are worried about, whatever you are afraid of, it's going to be OK."
@timkellernyc
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I am once again asking youth leaders to not baptize students at camp. Celebrate that ordinance with the whole church, let the people who sponsored kids to go rejoice with them, and impart to students that they are being made part of a church and not just the youth group.
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“If Jesus Christ was actually raised from the dead,… then everything is going to be all right. Whatever you are worried about, whatever you are afraid of, everything will actually be ok.”
RIP Tim Keller 1950-2023
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Don’t baptize your youth at camp in the creek. Baptize them in the church so they know what they are a part of, and so their new church family can celebrate with them.
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Not a Wordle, just how Baptists sit in church.
(The front row is the pastors family.)
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@griffingulledge
I’m still mad about Google reader. I used other things but it was never the same.
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Scrolling through my pics looking for something and reminded of how savage
@MarkDever
can be.
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At camp several churches are baptizing students in the creek.
I rejoice at the students who came to know Christ. But also believe that baptism should take place in front of the church who gives, prays for, and supports that youth ministry. It’s good for adults and for students.
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My dad David Holmes passed away November 21. Recent heart issues didn’t seem like much with everything else he endured. But sitting on his desk was a quote from Whitfield that said “We are all immortal till our work on earth is done.” Now he is done and in his eternal rest.
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As some one who has stuttered since kindergarten due to falling, I hate seeing people mock Joe Biden in the
#SOTU
It’s never easy even for a career politician to give a speech like this, but having a speech impediment makes it even harder.
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It's a remarkable that some people always seem to be able to uncover the truths that also conveniently exactly aligns with their worldview. Beware of journalists who always only have one story to tell.
Speaking to sources within ERLC this morning who tell me that, yes, the media blowback from CNN, the New York Times, and other secular left media orchestrated by Russell Moore was indeed what caused
@ERLC
to retract its dismissal of
@LeatherwoodERLC
.
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Let it be known this happened in a “Christian state.”
OTD in 1536 William Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating the Bible to English. His last words were “Lord, open the king of England’s eyes.” Two years later King Henry VIII ordered the Bible of Miles Coverdale, based largely on Tyndale's work, to be used in every parish
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"Jesus didn't say, "I am finished."
He said, "It is finished."
He was just getting started.
@drtonyevans
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Rise and Fall of Mars Hill finally got to the
@TGC
video with
@MarkDever
Still a stunning interaction and Dever so full of grace and kindness.
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I’m just waiting for
@hqtrivia
to do a Full House themed trivia. Or maybe all TGIF trivia. Put my lonely childhood to good use
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Today at church we had a new visitor, a student who walked from our local junior college Murray State. He came because his room was one of the flyers I put out at every dorm room. I got his number and am connecting this week! Great to see the hard work pay off.
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I’m proud to say the resolution I submitted on the vast mission opportunity in rural America is being brought to the floor of
#SBC22
to be voted on. I love rural places and God is doing a great work there.
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The way that
@bartbarber
runs a meeting is so warm and folksy. I love it! It’s how I imagine Andy Griffith would lead a business meeting.
#SBC23
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“We’ve been silent for too long” says the people who have been screaming non-stop for the last 3 years.
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If the former head of the
@ERLC
Richard Land would've signed the statement that the current head Brent Leatherwood did, then by definition there is no drift in the beliefs of the ERLC.
.
@rdland
: 'For the record, if I were still the head of the ERLC, I would have signed this statement. I would have been ashamed of myself if I had not signed it. This is the document that some SBC leaders are using as the reason to defund the ERLC.'
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I was in the room in STL when
@jdgreear
withdrew his candidacy to allow
@bellevuepastor
to become president. I voted for Greear, although Dr Gaines served admirably. Now I see that God’s plan was for Greear to serve when the SBC needed a godly, wise, & winsome leader.
#SBC21
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Some childless and unmarried women who greatly impacted the world through missions in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Lottie Moon
Bertha Smith
Harriet A. Baker
Lula Whilden
Annie Armstrong
Jessie Pettigrew
Attie Bostick
Hattie Gardner
Read more
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Most Baptist's know the story of Lottie Moon, the missionary to China. She wrote requesting help on the field in 1887, but there is another baptist whose name you need to know born the same year of Moon's letter. Bertha Smith is a Baptist you need to know.
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Today my family and I accepted the call to become the next pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Duncan Oklahoma.
We are so grateful for our Tishomingo family for the last 12 1/2 years. We are very excited that God has opened this door and are looking forward to what is next!
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Today I announced to my church that I am going in view of a call next week to another church in OK. And it really wrecked me.
I've been at FBC Tishomingo for 12 years, and I wasn't looking to leave. But God has simply opened door after door and made it plain to us it is time.
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I can't wait for
@drmoore
's forthcoming book on productivity, cause I don't know how he manages to be responsible for all these things and events that people claim he is. He must be a master at managing his time.
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Today in Tishomingo we lost 6 high school girls in a tragic accident. It’s terrible and gut wrenching. But I’m thankful for
@OKBaptists
across the state who have reached out to me offering prayers and support. Oklahoma is a great place to serve and do ministry.
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My dad was a principal at a Christian school of about 800 students. He recently retired after 45 years there.
About 15 years ago he stopped in my office one day and told me he had a confession: he worked too much when I was a kid. 🧵
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Find a church and pastor that talks about how Jesus is right, not how other pastors are wrong.
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I can't even give the announcements without notes but Robert Smith has preached 30 min with no notes while referencing
Iraneus
Tertullian
Leslie Newbign
C Scott Perry (?)
At least 2 songs
His mother
At least 10 scrip passages
Moody
Americas greatest living preacher.
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Anytime I hear these passages to this day, I hear them in these voices. I always hear
@BethMooreLPM
reading Psalm 130, Voddie reading Isaiah 53. What an event that changed my life forever.
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This has been my view almost every Sunday morning for the past 12 1/2 years. But today is my last Sunday as pastor of FBC Tishomingo. It is hard to leave our church family but we are excited for the new doors God has opened up. But back to the pews.
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I did some research on the last 50 or so years of SBC Presidents, and the size of their town when they were elected.
@bartbarber
is from the smallest town since at least Owen Cooper of Yazoo City, the last layman to serve as President.
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One of the most shocking things to me about 2016 and beyond is watching many leaders I grew up admiring losing their legacy in real time. Because of politics, coverups, infidelity, racism, or a or a complete lack of grace love for our neighbors. Trust only in Jesus.
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Today I’m able to reap the benefit of millions of Southern Baptist’s giving faithfully to the Cooperative Program as I begin my first on campus seminar for the DMin
@SWBTS
The tuition might be reduced for being an SBC church, but the faculty and staff are top notch!
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This feels like a sermon illustration, but I’m not sure what for. (Wait for it)
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We are making an effort to visit every home within 1 mile of our church. About a month ago I cold knocked on a door, asked if I could pray for this couple, and invited them to church. Today they joined with their three kids. That's the way it's supposed to work.
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During a heated debate on the floor of the 1988
@SBCMeeting
Adrian Rogers admonished that "You cannot in this assembly attack another person" and "do not refer pejoratively to another person."
We would do well to follow his advice as Southern Baptists prepare for Anaheim
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I don’t want to brag but I have successfully taken my wife on a date for two Fridays in a row to two different Walmarts. The key is switching up the Walmarts to keep things fresh. Look for my forthcoming book on marriage.
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I'm excited (and nervous) to say that I have been accepted into the Doctor of Education Ministry Program at Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary. I'm ready to get started in the fall!
@SWBTS
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“Don’t teach biblical principles in the pulpit and then use worldly principles to lead the church.”
@hbcharlesjr
teaching at the Replant Summit
@churchreplanter
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When I was 25 I read an article on why you shouldn't hire youth pastors under 30, and I thought it was stupid because I did a good job, and started at 20. I read it again when 35 and thought"well this makes a lot of sense." Youth is a unique and dangerous sort of ignorance.
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I walked into the donut store to get lunch (breakfast sandwich as they are about to close up) and the Cambodian owner said "my wife wants me to ask you what baptism means" and we had a 30 min discussion about regeneration, grace, & more. The field is white in rural places!
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"If you weighed the hurt caused by scandal & apostasy, & hurt to our cause by our own words - what hurts us most? Is it not the sullenness, the half-veiled resentment, the icy fridigity, the ominous reticence, the smoldering bitterness that erupts in our words to one another? "
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“King Solomon said it’s better to eat poke salad and turnip greens, and drink branch water out of a gourd, live in a shotgun house, but have Christian love in the home, …than to live in a mansion.”
Jerry Clower at the 1975
@SBCMeeting
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@mikeleake
@hoopersnook
Peterson was a brilliant scholar. It’s a paraphrase but it is a translation from the original. And I love that it started as project to help his church love the Bible more. It’s one in a long line of one person translations like Phillips, Moffat, Godspeed, etc.
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Larry David after winning the Emmy Seinfeld. This will be
@TheAlanNoble
after winning a Pulitzer.
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I cannot tell you the number of times I've researched a sermon illustration story to find it's origin, only to find out that it is likely fake or apocryphal.
Do your research pastors!
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“When I heard about this situation with Johnny Hunt…I want to be a good Samaritan,” “I sure don’t want to run away from him. I want to run to him. I want to help him.
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Except they aren’t helping the Gentile who got beat up, they are helping the robbers who assaulted him.
In May, former SBC president Johnny Hunt was named in the Guidepost report, after investigators found that allegations he'd assaulted another pastor's wife were credible. Now a group of pastors say he's ready to get back in the ministry.
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@profsamperry
I think about this advice from
@TheAlanNoble
all the time. And have shared it often.
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On Christmas Day 1941 the city of Hong Kong was captured by the Japanese army. Any Americans in the city were placed under arrest. That group included 6 Southern Baptist missionaries
@IMB_SBC
Dr. Theron Rankin, Flora Dodson, Sallie Pender, Oz Quick, and Cecil and Gertrude Ward.
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@hoopersnook
Thanks for saying this. This is personal for me.
As some one who has stuttered since kindergarten due to falling, I hate seeing people mock Joe Biden in the
#SOTU
It’s never easy even for a career politician to give a speech like this, but having a speech impediment makes it even harder.
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Rev. Bill Dodson of Kentucky brought down the house with a historic nomination speech to elect Wiley Drake as 2nd VP of the Southern Baptist Convention in 2006. Drake won on the first ballot over several other candidates. (Thanks to
@BaptistBlogger
for uploading this)
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Just got off the phone with another pastor who is facing threats to his job from some rogue people. Pray for this pastor. Pray for your pastor. And by all means don't let people put your pastor down in front of you. Stand up for them and stand for light and against gossip.
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BREAKING: Southern Baptists will flood to the SBC headquarters Sunday morning. They will engage in mass acts of care, worship, and hospitality with friends and strangers. They will break bread, storm the gates of hell, and loudly proclaim the gospel.
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In 2014 I dragged myself and my wife into the OK Baptists Pastors Conference. Our church was in the midst of a split, I had survived a vote to remove me a few months before. We were not in a good spot, to say the least.
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@griffingulledge
“We’ve been silent for too long” says the people who have been screaming non-stop for the last 3 years.
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During the SBC I spoke against a motion to defund the ERLC. I tried to walk the line between not expressing total support of all ERLC actions but against the the act of abolishing them. History shows that in part this question has been asked answered over the years.
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If I can quote the church fathers, and debate the finer points of theology, and have a big following, and go viral all the time, and have a book deal, and have the right degrees, and write for the right websites, but have not love, I am a clanging gong and a noisy cymbal.
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The pope says that if you can’t make it to confession, you can take your sins directly to God. I really think he’s onto something here.
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By age 35 you should have a modest library of a few thousand books that people tell you is a lot, but you know it’s really not, & besides you can quit anytime buying books anytime you want to, and no in fact you are not hurting the ones you love and this is just a normal library.
By age 35 you should have 4 kids, a 5,000 square foot house in an upscale residential area, and at least $500,000 in the bank. If you don't, you're pretty much guaranteed to be a failure in life
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Thanks to
@bartbarber
for giving me a chance to talk about rural churches! So much good work going on in this space with guys like
@kylebueermann
and
@johnmarkclifton
through NAMB,
@mhenslee
and many others.
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It's ok to be friendly, even friends, with people you disagree with on things.
Let's be honest, no one who is friends with Russell Moore in 2024 has one tiny little ounce of evangelical credibility. You all know that is true. This isn't even hard.
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This is a historical event, and needs discussion, but right now I’m most drawn to the fact that this very formal letter is signed by “Chunks.”
Elevation and Saddleback are now no longer churches affiliated with the SBC. This is the way.
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The 1978 SBC “Resolution on Racism” noted that racism existed “in both individuals and the structure of society” and that “racism continues to deprive minority persons of practical means of advancement.”
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Immanuel Baptist is going to visit every home in our "one mile mission field." Made almost 200 homes tonight and keep adding some every week!
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I'm thinking of starting a go fund me to pay for the menswear guy
@dieworkwear
to come to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting and judge everyone's outfits. Because he has so infiltrated my brain all I will be looking at is everyone's collar gaps.
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This past week I had the privilege of graduating from
@SWBTS
with a Doctorate of Educational Ministry in Church Revitalization. I loved almost every minute of the program and was reminded of the good work that Baptists do together. Several things stood out to me along the way.
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Fascinating moment in history from
@Jonathan_Howe
in the Briefing this morning.
In 1962 SBC President Hobbs praises the government ban on "official prayers" in public schools. "Our insistence on religious liberty is not for Baptists alone, but for all religions."
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In the SBC authority has always rested w/messengers, i.e. the local church. Like when messengers approved appointing the SATF & approved creating the ministry check website.
This plan would remove authority from messengers & place it in the presidents hands.
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It has now been a couple of weeks since
#SBC23
and I don’t think we realize how momentous that meeting will be in the life of the convention. I put together a list of a few historical moments that happened. Some were obvious and some were not.
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I am not an SBC elite but I do know the name of Adam Groza's hair care product.
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It’s hard to describe what it’s like having a stutter. You desperately want to say something, and even know the word you want to say, but it just physically won’t come out of your mouth. It’s nothing like searching for the right word when you can’t think of it.
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I think now more than ever America needs a good intentional interim. Somebody to help us figure out how we got here, explore the demographics, and come up with a good search committee.
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Eight year old daughter asked if I could do a children’s sermon this Sunday about cats. I told her domesticated cats aren’t in the Bible so no I can’t. (And she knows I don’t like cats.)
Then she said “You talked about the pulpit last time. Are pulpits in the Bible?
#busted
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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called. Eph 4:2-4
SBC 21 in Nashville: We SURPRISED them
SBC 22 in Anaheim: We SCARED them
SBC 23 in New Orleans: We WILL SUCCEED in beating them
Don't let up Southern Baptists.
THIRD TIME is the charm!
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I'm seeing nothing but praise for this pick from all quarters. I think this is an excellent choice to bring stability to the EC. I hope all Southern Baptist get behind Dr. Iorg and move forward.
The SBC Executive Committee President/CEO Search
Team will present Jeff Iorg as the candidate to be voted on during a special-called meeting of the EC’s board of trustees on March 21.
More information available at:
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Porter Routh was the Executive Secretary of the SBC Executive Committee from 1951-1979. His longtime friend and colleague at the EC Albert McClellan listed 9 personal principles for administration that Routh used to guide himself as he led the EC for almost 30 years.
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#unpopularopinion
The Message Bible is useful and helpful. Peterson was a scholar & excelled in the languages. It was born of a pastoral heart to help his church see beauty of Scripture. Take it carefully like other individual translations, Phillips, Moffat, Godspeed, etc.
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I want to be a Southern Baptist who puts my arm arounds someone shoulders to lift them up, not my hands around their throat to bring them down.
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From a 1936 SBC Resolution
"That we hereby reaffirm our devotion to …the separation of church and state; religion must be kept free from all entangling alliances with government and government must not assume patronage, sponsorship or control over religion in any form."
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Listening to a sermon at youth camp and the preacher talked about how often a word is repeated in this passage. And I thought "someone should invent a book that tells you how often a word is used in the Bible" and then I realized I'd invented the concordance.
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This is a wonderful article about
@bartbarber
but one section did make me wonder. When was the last time we had an SBC president who lived in a parsonage? I for one think it’s great and speaks to his identification with a lot of pastors in the SBC.
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Current SBC President
@bartbarber
announces that
@BlalockMarshall
willl be Chairman of the Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force approved by messengers @
#SBC22
and that
@keahbone
will be Vice Chair. The rest of the committee will be announced later this week.
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I think that
@Jeff_Iorg
is one of the best leaders that Southern Baptists have. He led that seminary through an incredible transition, and only came out stronger on the other side. The story of Gateway is amazing and they are an important part of Southern Baptist life.
Gateway Seminary has initiated an executive transition plan to elect a new Seminary president. Current President, Jeff Iorg, asked the board of trustees to begin the process at the October 10 meeting in Portland. Details at .
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If you ever talk to some who stutters, of course don’t mock them. But also don’t rush them or try to finish their word for them. It makes them foolish and weak. Just listen. Disagree with what they say, but don’t mock them for how they say it.
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Johnny was a heroin user and dealer and has lived a very hard life. God radically saved him and using him in incredible ways. Johnny baptized his twin sons today. Praise God.
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“The Convention was the least satisfying of all I have attended in twenty-five years.” TC Skinner
“The Convention struck no high tide. We seemed to not be together.” Frank L Hardy
These were sentiments expressed by people leaving the 1925
@SBCMeeting
when the
@SBCCP
was adopted
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