5.13 David Schrock, Brad Green, & Mark Coppenger • Reading • “Five Reasons to be Thankful for the Southern Baptist Convention” & “Stewardship of Our SBC Land”

There’s a lot to love about the Southern Baptist Convention. Here’s what I’m most thankful for. / / The Southern Baptist Convention is like a beautiful landscape . . . scarred by five disasters from recent years. We need understand these problems so we can then work towards cleanup.
Five Reasons to Be Thankful for the Southern Baptist Convention

There’s a lot to love about the Southern Baptist Convention. Here’s what I’m most thankful for.
Stewardship of Our SBC Land

The Southern Baptist Convention is like a beautiful landscape . . . scarred by five disasters from recent years. We need understand these problems so we can then work towards cleanup.
February Intermission: From Theology Proper to Denominational Stewardship

Join us as we transition from contemplating the character and attributes of God in February to denominational stewardship in March.
4.54 Marc Minter, David Schrock & Stephen Wellum • Interview • “Liberty, Not Separation: The Historic Development of Baptist Perspectives on Church and State”

Listen in as David Schrock & Stephen Wellum interview Marc Minter on his Longform essay, “Liberty Not Separation: The Historic Development of Baptist Perspectives on Church and State”
4.53 Marc Minter • Reading • “Liberty, Not Separation: The Historic Development of Baptist Perspectives on Church and State”

A historical exploration showing that Baptists long affirmed religious liberty without requiring a separation of church and state, tracing the shift in the 20th century.
Liberty, Not Separation: The Historic Development of Baptist Perspectives on Church and State

A historical exploration showing that Baptists long affirmed religious liberty without requiring a separation of church and state, tracing the shift in the 20th century.
4.14 David Mitzenmacher, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “A Roadmap for Reforming the ERLC”

Listen in as David Shrock and Stephen Wellum interview David Mitzenmacher on his Christ Over All essay: “A Roadmap for Reforming the ERLC”
Back to Backus: Baptists and the Pursuit of a Sweet Harmony Between the Church and State

Many know Baptists by the phrase “free church in a free state.” But sound Baptist theology—and history—bear out better conceptions of that relationship that we ought to heed.
“Too Busy with Woke Stuff”: The All Too (In)Visible and Inconsequential ERLC

Photo ops and PR campaigns do not effect policy change; meaningful interaction and work with policy makers does. The word on Capitol Hill is that the ERLC is doing the one and not the other, to the detriment of Southern Baptists nationwide.
Missing the Mark: A Pastor’s Loss of Trust in the ERLC

Why is there such disconnect between the work of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and the average Southern Baptist church?
The Kingdom of God in The Baptist Faith and Message

What can we learn about the particulars and implications of the Kingdom of God from the Baptist Faith and Message?