Baptist21 would like to make our readers aware of Global Missiology. Global Missiology is a quarterly publication of contributions from international researchers, practitioners and scholars who have a global perspective. This quarterly was founded in the summer of 2003. Global Missiology’s purpose is to provide a quarterly publication with a commitment to the world-wide mission of the Church and the biblical mandate to “make disciples”. It is, by design, a venue for electronic, interactive exchanges among researchers, practitioners and scholars who have an international scope and global concerns. GO CHECK …

Alvin Reid was gracious enough to sit down with Baptist21 and talk about his new Evangelism Book, “Evangelism Handbook: Biblical, Spiritual, Intentional, Missional.” He also address things going on in the SBC and anything else on his mind.
Dr. Alvin Reid is professor of evangelism and student ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he occupies the Bailey Smith Chair of Evangelism.  Alvin is the author of numerous books, including Radically Unchurched, Raising the Bar, Join the Movement, and Evangelism Handbook: Biblical, Spiritual, Intentional, Missional. He is also co-author, with Southeastern …

Baptist21 would like to make our readers aware of some great resources. First, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary recently hosted its 20/20 Conference: A City Within a City: Church, Culture & Counter-Culture. The speakers at this conference included Danny Akin, Matt Chandler, J.D. Greear, Clayton King, and David Platt.
Below are the videos from the 20/20 conference
Matt Chandler – What is the Gospel (Colossians 1)

Matt Chandler – 20/20 2010 Session 1 from Southeastern Seminary on Vimeo.
Danny Akin – What is Our Response to Gospel (Romans 12:1-2)

Daniel Akin – 20/20 2010 Session 2 …

Recently, B21’s Jon Akin was given the privilege to preach at the Church of SBC President Johnny Hunt (First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Georgia). He preached all three morning services and the evening service. Below you will find both sermons.
In one sermon, Jon exposited the Temptation Narrative in Matthew

In the other, Jon took the congregation through the Noah Narrative with a sermon entitled, “The Gospel According to Noah”

Tonight is pivotal in the march toward a Great Commission Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention. After last year’s overwhelming vote to form a Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, the time has come to hear about the progress of this task force.
Ronnie Floyd, Chairman of the GCRTF Committee is asking for all to pray for this evening as he presents the progress report to the Executive Committee of the SBC. He says, “I do not know of any time in our process where we need prayer any more than for …

Baptist21 would like to make our readers aware of “ReFocus” an exciting opportunity in SC next Tuesday in conjunction with the South Carolina Baptist Convention Evangelism Conference.
From ReFocus Website:
ReFocus is a collective endeavor to gather young leaders across South Carolina and to encourage them to reFocus on the gospel and the Great Commission in our state and in our convention. It is our strong desire that the denominational structures of our state will once again exist to carry the gospel to the unreached in culturally relevant ways.
Because we believe in …

In the month of February it is a common practice to pause and take the measure of historical figures in the struggle for civil rights in America.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a figure that stands heads and shoulders above those fighting for justice, equality and brotherhood in the mid twentieth century.  At times accusations of infidelity and a failure to uphold academic integrity in his doctoral dissertation have placed an ominous shadow over the legacy of a man who has been an essential part of sculpting the American …