The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is partnering with 9Marks to bring an expository preaching conference to the seminary’s campus in March 2013.
Speakers include:
What is the conference about? From the event site:
The Southern Baptist Convention is a broad cooperation of Baptist churches with the mission to train and send missionaries around the world for the furtherance of the Gospel. There is theological diversity among the 40,000+ SBC churches and this diversity is also seen in Southern Baptist entities. The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (BFM2000) serves as the SBC statement of faith, an umbrella that seeks to provide a set of broad boundaries for the Convention to operate and cooperate. Continue Reading…
Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, and Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s flagship seminary, recently discussed current SBC issues at Southern Seminary’s chapel.
The discussion was enjoyable with Page and Mohler talking somewhat pointedly about various issues in the SBC. I find it disappointing that Mohler had to correct Page’s misuse of the term “hyper-Calvinists” as Page used the term to refer to Southern Baptist Calvinists who have an exclusive view of their theology in regards to SBC theological diversity. The misuse of theological terms such as “hyper-Calvinism” among SBC leaders and professors is still ongoing and reflects poorly on our efforts to listen to each other and learn from each other.
Enjoy the discussion below. Continue Reading…
Southern Baptist appreciation of Reformation theologian John Calvin is not a new or novel reality. From its inception, the Southern Baptist Convention’s own theologians and statesmen have appreciated the theological work of John Calvin.
Below is a quote from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) founding professor John Albert Broadus taken from a letter written to fellow SBTS professor William Williams. Continue Reading…
Welcome! My name is Joshua Breland. I am a disciple of Christ, husband to Libby, and full time student.
