From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Rankin Talks Turkey

by Mark Morris on April 17, 2010

Finally someone is talking turkey. In his recent post, the president of the leading Southern Baptist agency, The International Mission Board, articulates the Cooperative Program problem.  Jerry Rankin is retiring soon and is blogging unfettered by any restraints which would inhibit him from speaking out clearly.  I pray that the openness and integrity of this [...]

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21 Yr Old Student Missionary Lays Down Life Serving

by Mark Morris on April 14, 2010

Hands On missionary dies in motorcycle accident
4/12/2010
By IMB Staff
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)—A 21-year-old student missionary with the Southern Baptist International Mission Board (IMB) was killed April 12 in a motorcycle accident in Mozambique, located in southeastern Africa.
Jeremiah Johnson, a member of Royal Palms Baptist Church in Phoenix, Ariz., and driver of the motorcycle, [...]

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IMB & NAMB-The Key For Our Children

by Mark Morris on April 2, 2010

Ok – this is the last post on this subject.  As some of us looked at issues the next leaders of the SBC should consider, here are the final thoughts I will share. I’m ready to move on to other topics.
Having spent the last couple of years examining non-traditional SBC churches in our midst, my [...]

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Cooperative Program Plus? I’m Just Asking

by Mark Morris on April 1, 2010

This post is a continuation of  an exercise in which students articulated some decisions that future leaders of the SBC might want to consider -not that seminary students know anything.   In this post, let’s look realistically at the most sacred and successful mission giving plan of the last century. A question is, why is [...]

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