Some fascinating polls have recently been conducted in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Is there a correlation?
The First Poll was conducted by LifeWay of SBC Pastors. Here are the results.
Paul’s Pastoral Epistles explain how the church should prioritize ministries.
1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus,who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
Paul’s Primary and Final Charge to Timothy is “Preach the Word” This is followed up with “do the work of an evangelist”. But the order and emphasise is clearly on preaching.
The Book of Acts is a historical book that shows how the early church behaved. In chapter 6 the Apostles are starting to be overwhelmed with ministry obligations so they appoint men to take care of “Community Ministry” so they will be able to devote themselves to “prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
It seems the most important means of grace for the church are the Preaching and Prayers of the pastors. These are rated dead last by SBC pastors. Lets look at how a low view of proclamation of the gospel and prayer has effected the church.
Last week LifeWay President and CEO Thomas Rainer did an informal survey. He specifcially asked “What do you think when you hear ‘Southern Baptist’?
This was then put into a wordled by Tony Kummer Here are the results.
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