Recently, I have engaged in several conversations with aspiring Church Planters about team planting and the mission of church planting. In these conversations I almost always bring up the book Trellis and the Vine. There has to be a tension in our mission to plant the gospel and form churches out of gospel communities between [...]
Baptist 21 would like to make our readers aware of an event in a couple of weeks on enduring in the Ministry. Check out this event hosted by PlantNC and RSVP today! What: Endure – Going the Distance in Ministry When: January 26, 1-4pm Where: The City Hotel and Bistro (203 SW Greenville Blvd [...]
B21 would like to make our readers aware of the upcoming 20/20 Conference to be held at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. This year’s conference will feature D.A. Carson, Tullian Tchvidjian, Danny Akin, and Tony Merida and will focus on the Scriptures. This conference will look at questions like: - In what way is the [...]
B21 is excited to host the Church Planting portion of this year’s First Baptist Jacksonville Pastors Conference. The FBC JAX PC annually hosts a diverse and strong line up of speakers. We are honored to be a part of it. This year’s event focuses on the pastor with topics such as: The Pastor and [...]
Recently, I observed a young father worshipping Christ during a chapel service. He had one raised and the other holding his crippled 18mo old daughter; she was enjoying a few minutes out of her wheelchair. One of my dearest friends waits daily for his hospital-issued beeper to go off so he can rush his [...]
It is the desire of B21 that the SBC will be characterized by cooperation around a theological confession (BFM2000) for the expansion of the Gospel among all nations. Recently, we ran an article about a church that had been denied membership in a local association because they were deemed “too Calvinistic.” We want to [...]
Recently B21’s Nathan Akin had an opportunity to sit down with Matt Papa and talk about his life, theological education, the state of Christian music, musical worship leadership, his new album, and more… In part 4 Matt talks about developing worship leaders…
