The Fourth Lausanne Congress is underway in Seoul and released “The Seoul Statement” this week. The congress marks it origin in 1974 in Lausanne, Switzerland when John Stott and Billy Graham gathered global evangelical leaders for an “international congress on world evangelization.” Similar meetings occurred in Manila (1989) and Cape […]
Discipleship
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Lausanne Movement. Evangelicals throughout the world are planning to gather for the fourth congress in Seoul. Earlier today I participated in the movement’s release of the “State of the Great Commission Report.” This precursor to September’s gathering is to provide an account […]
Lausanne State of the Great Commission Report
As a fourth generation Baptist of the Southern Tribe, I have kept up with my denomination’s stats over the years. Conversion growth has not been trending in a good direction for a long time. Yesterday, numbers were released on the latest study. While baptisms have increased, overall decline may be […]
Numbers in for the SBC, and They are not Good… ...
National Geographic Documentary Films is scheduled to release The Mission next week in the US and Canada. This film is about John Chau who was killed in 2018 when attempting to share the gospel with a North Sentinel Island people group. His death made international headlines. Of course, the world […]
National Geo. “The Mission” – Death of John Chau
I just read of Dr. Chad Brand’s passing and wanted to share a post. I hope you will remember the family during this time of loss and this post will encourage you in your journey. I began serving as a professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2001 where […]
A Brief Chad Brand Memory
Paul writes, “Therefore be imitators of God” (Eph 5:1). At first glance, calling this declaration a daunting task is the understatement of the century! Given the context, the apostle was exhorting his readers to love and show compassion toward one another. Christ forgave them, so they should forgive their brothers […]