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GCR: A Work In Progress

I have been in the process of corresponding with many Southern Baptist leaders over the past seventeen days. Most of that communication has been on the phone and through email. It has been pretty well nonstop.
Regardless of their initial response to our report, I have reminded each one of them [...]

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GENEROSITY: A Lifestyle of Giving Freely and Living Openhandedly

Yesterday I began a four-week series on GENEROSITY. This powerful subject discussed in 2 Corinthians 8-9 is one so needed by all of us today. Our fallen and sinful culture demands we hold on to rights and resources. Yet this flies in the face of our Sovereign God is who is the [...]

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Important Things to Know

Let me share with you a few important things that can help you become engaged into the life of our church.
First, on Sunday morning we will begin a new and very important series. We believe this four-week series will really stretch us and is SO needed.

Second, this Sunday night at 6:00 p.m., we will [...]

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Young Leaders and the GCR

Yesterday I had a call with fifteen young leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention. These men are really young leaders, most in their 20’s and others in their early 30’s. What a blessing that time was yesterday.
The topic of conversation was the Great Commission Resurgence of the Southern Baptist Convention. These young [...]

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Mom is 82 Years Old Today

My Mom is 82 years of age today. Happy Birthday, Mom! She still works 40 hours a week, even though in late April the place where she has been employed is closing, so Mom may really move into retirement once and for all. She still mows her yard most weeks and is [...]

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The Cooperative Program and Great Commission Giving

The Cooperative Program and Great Commission Giving

As people are processing the Great Commission Resurgence Progress Report, some are trying to understand the Cooperative Program and its relationship to Great Commission Giving. Since so much information needed to be shared initially through our report, it is now essential that we bring greater clarity to certain areas. One of these has to [...]

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GCR Report Reflections

I am most grateful to God for the privilege to be a part of this Great Commission Resurgence movement. The GCR is a grassroots movement of people who have a heart to reach the nations. I want to share a few thoughts with you today that are just GCR report reflections.
1) The GCR [...]

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GCR Time in Nashville Tonight

We have been extended an opportunity to present our Great Commission Resurgence Progress Report on Monday night. We will give the report to all those present at the Executive Committee Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. Usually it is attended by the members of this national committee, national SBC leaders, as well as [...]

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What Would God Say to the Next Generation?

Student Day is this coming Sunday on both of our campuses. My message is entitled, “What Does God Say to us about the Next Generation?” I am very motivated to talk about this subject. It has always been on my heart and seems to be ever-growing as I experience the process of [...]

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