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Denominations & Associations Are Churches On Mission Together

6/8/2016

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This week is the week before the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in St. Louis, MO.  I hope you will pray for this important meeting of the largest Protestant denomination in America June 14-15.  I plan to be there (as well as the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders (SBCAL) prior to the Convention).
 
As we pray for and think about denominations, associations, and the SBC, in particular, below are some perceptive observations from various sources.
 
I hope they will be helpful to you and to those you serve.
 
To the praise of His glory,
Ray
Pr. 3:5-6
 
Quotable Quote: “I pray that God would enable the thousands of smaller SBC churches - mine included - to see the individual and collective potential that rests in God moving through our congregation to reach the world for his glory.” Travis Smalley: So-Called "Smaller" Churches and the Future of the SBC

​Ray’s Top Five:


  1. Five Observations in the New Era of Christian Networks – and What Denominations Can Learn,  Ed Stetzer
  2. Evangelicalism After Trump: Will the New Southern Baptist President Detoxify the Brand; Mark Woods
  3. State Conventions and Evangelism: Cooperation, Capacity, and Contextualization, Kevin Smith
  4. 10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Southern Baptists, Russell Moore
  5. So-Called “Smaller” Churches and the Future of the SBC, Travis Smalley
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    I’m Ray Gentry, the President/CEO of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders (SBCAL). I’ve served Southern Baptist churches & associations in various roles for over 35 years. I have served as an associational leader for five associations, starting in 1993. The most recent one being the Southside Baptist Network, McDonough, GA.

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