It has been a great 3 days at the Southern Baptist Convention. We have seen the Lord do great and mighty things.
We affirmed our support for the cooperative program and increased our monies to the international mission board. All was done with such a sweet spirit even when there was dissent...as there always is.
I was able to tweet a lot. Some of the tweets about our SBC leadership got very negative and demeaning, so I tweeted this:
"Why do people claiming Christ's name spew venom? Every idle word men tweet they shall give an account. Be careful how u tweet.#sbc2010"
After that, the venomous tweets slowed to almost nothing. So, I was able to do a little for the kingdom...even on Twitter.
Now, here are the reasons for my being so encouraged for the SBC:
1. I am so excited for the future of our International Mission Board and their goal to reach all the peoples of all the nations with the the life changing message of Jesus Christ.
2. I am excited for the future of the North American Mission Board as they plant churches as never before working with the IMB to reach the 600 unreached people groups in our owen country.
3. I am excited that we will be supporting our missionaries with more money than ever before as the SBC give 51% to them for the first time in our history, and increase our Lottie Moon (International missions) and Annie Armstrong (US Missions) offering to $200 million (175m last year) and $100 million (70m last year), respectively. With these additonal offerings, we will be able to reach our nation and the nations as never before. No more retreat. No more calling missionaries home. We will not only get our IMB missionaries back on the field, we will open doors and as Jerry Rankin shared that the total propagation of the Gospel is now in reach. Is that not incredible that we are even able to say that? I never thought I would hear those words in my lifetime from an SBC leader. But they were said, and we can do it!
4. I am excited as never before for us as Southern Baptists reaching the masses in the cities, the Northeast, and the West...for the kingdom of God.
5. I am excited to see what God is going to do as we serve and obey Him as never before as a convention, through every church, every family, every believer.
Finally, I want you to READ THESE POWERFUL WORDS:
"Now to Him who has power to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the sacred secret kept silent for long ages, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God, to advance the obedience of faith among all nations— 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ—to Him be the glory forever! Romans 16:25-27 (HCSB)
Jesus is worthy of every nation worshipping Him. May we all be a part of that becoming reality.
For a full report on the 2010 SBC click here.
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