Real Threats to Our Convention of Churches; One of Four Things to Know This Week, May 28, 2026

A Word to the Wise:  6 Critical Skills to Lead at the Executive Level
 
1) Translate vision into strategy.
2) Communicate faith and hope.
3) Raise up, develop and empower capable leaders.
4) Demonstrate self-leadership and cultivate spiritual vitality.
5) Solve problems and make difficult decisions at intricate levels.
6) Take risks and lead change.
 
Dan Reiland, 5.25.26, 6 Critical Skills to Lead at the Executive Level

Four Things to Know This Week
 
1. Denominational Health Depends on the Understory (Trevin Wax) (Associations!)
 
2. IMB Releases ‘Blueprint’ for NextGen Seeking to Reach the Nations (Baptist Press)
 
3. Real Threats to Our Convention of Churches (Bob Bickford 5.26.26 blog)
 
4. Holy Spirit Reemphasis Could Change Churches, Stem SBC Baptism Decline, Theologians Say (Baptist Press)
 
Thank you for reading. Please share it with pastors and other AMSs you believe would benefit.
 
To the praise of His glory,       
  
Ray
 
 
I also host the “SBCAL Podcast with Ray Gentry” each Tuesday morning.