Posted on 09/04/2011 5:24:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
My wife and I were down in Houston the weekend of The Response and went to Grace Family Baptist to check out his church. We were not expecting him to be there because his schedule said that on Saturday he was in Austin. But he was there and it was his turn to preach (Ro 12) so we were blessed. We shared a few words over fellowship dinner and I was able to see the “Family Driven Faith” in action as I watched him interact with his family, church family, and visitors....even as he loaded up the passenger van. He’s the real deal.
Way too much teaching about evangelical methods and techniques have plagued a large portion of Christianity. Nothing like getting back to the Word and realizing we have a sovereign God capable of doing what is impossible for man to do: make those who are spiritually dead alive in Christ through His grace and mercy bestowed as our Lord desires for His good and perfect pleasure.
It’s my relative’s church in SC, not mine. I don’t know the answer to your question.
This explains a rather bizarre sermon several weeks ago where our pastor pushed the whole multicultural thing. It seemed to come out of nowhere. Now I understand why.
The Southern Baptist Convention is pro-life, Praise God! The future (here on earth) belongs to people that have children. God said,”Be fruitful and multiply...”
The family is God’s smallest church. Larger families worshipping together means larger congregations.
Wrong. The most segregated place in town (or America, for that matter) is the Barber Shop
But that will change as "corn rows" catch on in the white populace.
jacknhoo
Have you attended any SBC churches that are pro-abortion?? I haven’t ever. I was raised in SBC churches and we are NOT pro-abortion and we do vote!!! I even try to get my representative to vote pro-life. How can you be so ignorant?
What blessed church are you from? Jesus is the best you all. If we focus on Him and His teachings, we won’t go wrong. This is a article written by a man. A good man, I am sure.
People are leaving churches everywhere because they are the decision to do so. These faithful do not necessarily have to feel responsible for the decisions of the unfaithful.
you mean the North-Eastern, North-Central, North-Western and North-South-Eastern instead of the Northern and you mean the Western-Southern, West-East-Central, the First western, the Second Western and the Spaghetti Western branches instead of the “Western” and the South-Eastern, South-South-Eastern, Great Eastern and Suburban, Far Eastern, Near Eastern and East by East West Eastern, right? :0
that’s not particularly true. It may be true for baptists, but not otherwise and in other countries.
wow and of course there is no question of different races, ethnic groups, cultures intermingling as there is NO diversity on central doctrine (”We believe in One God, the Father the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. We believe in One Lord, Jesus Christ, Only begotten Son of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God, begotten not made, of One being with the Father, through Him all things were made.....)
I disagree -- as I've pointed out in other posts, this decline in faith is apparent across various denominations and more importantly across different religions -- Mormons, Hindus even Moslems experience the same with increased "Westernisation" -- the culture of television, Sunday mall, etc.
People need something to "worship", so many now worship their tvs and TV American Idols...
Suggestion to Baptist: Get you kids out of the godless government schools!
By the way...how many Baptist ministers have spouses that are government teachers.
I'm pretty sure the SBC has not in any way condoned gay marriage. I admire them for that stand.
You are kidding, right? That's saying many support legalized murder of kiddies
But this was not during the service, surely?
good point.
Secular Humanism is the dominate worldview in our culture. And close to 90% of those who profess to be Christians hold a non-Biblical worldview, which is why the church looks so much like the world today, and why so many realize that if the church looks like the world, why do I need the church?
Missiology?
A subtle translation of the object of faith from Christ to the institution, resulting in a falling away from fellowship with Him.
Can’t be in the right place at the right time to do the right thing when we approach it in a wrong way.
Whenever I see multiple worldly buzzwords slid into one context, I know the author is worshiping another. Change?, Diversity?, now Missiology???? interesting things for interesting times.
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