I want to thank Dr. Johnny Hunt and each of you for extending us the privilege of serving on the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. Our entire task force has joined me in believing this was not a request to dialogue about denominational matters, but a calling of God to respond to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.

By Art Toalston
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Regular processes of the Southern Baptist Convention will be followed if the convention’s messengers approve the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force’s recommendations, according to responses to a question during the Executive Committee’s Feb. 22-23 meeting in Nashville, Tenn.
Participants were Roger Spradlin, a California pastor who is both a GCR Task Force [...]

Southern Baptists must be gripped anew by the lostness of the world, repent of their self-centeredness and focus their local churches on taking the Gospel to those who have yet to hear, the chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Great Commission Resurgence Task Force said Feb. 22.

Ellen Udovich, Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware (BCM/D)’s missionary for disaster relief, lay mobilization and senior adults, said her phone rings throughout the day with calls from BCM/D churches anxious to go to Haiti to help the victims of the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan 12. Though well meaning, Udovich said now is the time for praying and giving, but not quite the time to go, with the exception of medical teams which are currently on the ground.

Most of us have things that we hold on to. It is a favorite item or has sentimental value or reminds us of days gone by that we don’t want to forget. There is nothing wrong with that. But every once in a while there are things in our lives that we are called on to lay down.

Thomas Quitman “Tommy” Martin, Jr., died suddenly on January 23.
Martin was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He graduated from Blue Mountain College and New Orleans Theological Seminary. He pastored several Maryland/Delaware churches, including Woolford Memorial, Dundalk (Now Grace Place), and Hampden Church, Baltimore. He also pastored churches in Pennsylvania and he served on several boards and [...]