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A Book of Numbers: What the 2019 SBC Annual Church Profile Data Tells us About the Southern Baptist Convention

June 5, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

The 2019 annual church profile for the Southern Baptist Convention came out recently and the numbers aren’t great. While many people will bemoan the Baptism numbers, something else caught my eye. For those of who you are not Southern Baptists, the reporting works like this. Our church, Perryville Second Baptist, is a member of a […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: church membership, Cooperative Program, local church, Regenerate Church Membership, SBC, Southern Baptists

When You Miss, You’re Missed

September 18, 2019 by Allen Nelson IV

A Parable Once upon a time, there was a mother with 7 sons. She loved her boys very much and they loved her. She and her husband were committed to the family meal and their evenings were often filled with laughter. And if you have boys then you know that those evenings were filled with […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: church family, church membership, local church, pastoral ministry, pastorate, pastoring

Why I Need A Church that Judges Me

July 29, 2019 by Allen Nelson IV

If you’re not a careful reader of Scripture you may have never noticed what Paul says to the church in Corinth: “For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?” 1 Corinthians 5:12 We are a society so enamored with autonomy that we […]

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