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When Did Multiple Services Begin?
Before adopting a new practice, churches should always ask: what impact would this have on the church if continued indefinitely?
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How Did ‘Church Planting Movements’ Gain a Foothold Within the IMB?
In his book Strategy Coordinator: Changing the Course of Southern Baptist Missions, R. Bruce Carlton sets out to provide a historical analysis of what he considers the most significant shift within the strategy of the International Mission Board since its inception in 1845.
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Do Elders Receive Their Authority by Congregational Vote?
Is the congregation, by affirming an elder through congregational vote, conferring authority upon him or simply recognizing him as a God-given gift to the congregation?
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How Harry Emerson Fosdick’s ‘Open Membership’ Overtook the Northern Baptist Convention
For conservatives, baptism was not a subjective reality to be left to the conscience of every church and every individual, but an actual command of Christ that they had no liberty to disobey. If Jesus commanded his disciples to baptize only believers by immersion, what authority did they have to edit Jesus?
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What’s Wrong with Us? Revival vs. Revivalism
Mark Dever, Jonathan Leeman, and friends discuss Revival vs. Revivalism, a conversation about two different ways of doing ministry today.
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Revival Comes to Washington: An Analysis of the 1876 Revival in the Nation’s Capital
In 1876, Washington churches partnered together to host a 105-day-long revival meeting in the National Capital. This event illustrates the extent to which modern revivalism impacted American evangelicalism.
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“Finney with a Twist”: Elder Jacob Knapp and the Origins of Baptist Revivalism
Pastors need to understand that a change occurred among American Baptists in the nineteenth century. This change has shaped our intuitions about conversion, membership, baptism, and what it means to practice regenerate church membership.
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Book Review: Truth or Territory, by Jim Osman
What is “strategic-level spiritual warfare,” and how is it making inroads in missions and local churches today?
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Do Churches Really Discipline for Non-Attendance? A Brief History of Four Baptist Churches
Baptists disciplined for non-attendance because they believed attendance was part of the covenant obligations of church membership. Here’s a brief history.
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Too Young to Dunk? An Examination of Baptists and Baptismal Ages, 1700–1840
These days, it’s common for people to get baptized at 10 or younger. This is true across many credo-baptist traditions, but perhaps especially so among Baptists. How does our current practice square with Baptists of the past? In this article, the third in a three-part series, we’ll examine that important question. With the help of […]
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Baptists and Calvinism: Lessons from Sprague’s Annals of the American Baptist Pulpit
Just like today, Baptists were in the nineteenth century were a “big tent” denomination. Differences persisted, but they were handled with charity.
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Baptists and Preaching: Lessons from Sprague’s Annals of the American Baptist Pulpit
When it comes to preaching, pastors should heed the wisdom of our Baptist forefathers.