Pursuing the “American Dream,” for many, means making a decent living at a comfortable job and saving for an early retirement, so you can spend your senior years checking exciting activities off your “bucket list” before you die. J.D. Greear, pastor, author and president of the Southern Baptist Convention, calls for a rejection of this typical notion in his new book, “What … [Read more...]
Greear encourages the Church to place the ‘Gospel Above All’
By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn.—J.D. Greear, Southern Baptist Convention president and pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, N.C, exhorted Southern Baptists to place the “Gospel Above All” at the recent 2019 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Ala. And now, he aims to mobilize the Church to take gospel action in congregations, … [Read more...]
SBC President J.D. Greear urges the Church to elevate the gospel ‘Above All’
By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear believes because of the Gospel the future of the Church is bright. But he also believes the Church can be susceptible to placing secondary things—like programs, strategies and messages—above the Gospel. Greear aims to steer the attention and allegiance of the Church back to the … [Read more...]
SBC President J.D. Greear launches listener-driven podcast through the Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network
By Joy Allmond DURHAM, N.C. -- Although he’s the relatively new president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), J.D. Greear, lead pastor of The Summit Church in Durham, N.C., doesn’t want his added responsibilities to keep him from his first calling—to make disciples and grow the church. On Oct. 22, Greear launched a new podcast, “Ask Me Anything: Honest Answers, … [Read more...]
