What a great Southern Baptist Convention with its increased number of messengers. We praise God for a wonderful time of fellowship, anointed preaching, and inspirational messages. One of the great take-aways from the Southern Baptist Convention for me was the renewed emphasis on theGreat Commission, and for that I am extremely grateful. As always, NAMB [...]

Filed under: God's Plan for Sharing, Great Commission, Missionaries, NAMB, North America, SBC on July 21st, 2009 | No Comments »

There are some moments in life that stay with you. One of those moments for me was when I was praying through the call to come to the North American Mission Board and accept the role as president. God made it clear to me that he wanted me to help lead Southern Baptists to see North America as what it truly is: a mission field. And the phrase that kept rolling through my mind and heart was, “Live with Urgency.” You’ve probably heard me say this time and time again. But as I’ve traveled from one end of this continent to the other, I see that Southern Baptists are truly realizing that the time is short and that “night is coming when no man can work.”

Filed under: God's Plan for Sharing, Great Commission, Missionaries, NAMB, North America, SBC, State Associations on May 22nd, 2009 | No Comments »