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Commentary: Days of Decision for SCBC … by Don Kirkland

Published on August 5, 2010

These are days of decision for South Carolina Baptists. For months, we wondered what recommendations would be contained in the report of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. We learned what they were not long before the meeting of... Continue Reading »

Commentary: Eastview’s Ripple Effect … by Don Kirkland

Published on July 8, 2010

Every movement we make in response to God has a ripple effect. Its gentle waves spread out and extend far beyond its source. Most of the time, we don't know the reach of the ripples, or the impact they... Continue Reading »

Commentary: All in the Family … by Don Kirkland

Published on June 23, 2010

Southern Baptists, you can mark this one down on your calendars as a day of significance in the life of the denomination. But will its importance in how the world's largest evangelical body of believers envisions its mission and... Continue Reading »

Commentary: GCR Begins Here, Now – by Don Kirkland

Published on June 9, 2010

The 2010 Southern Baptist Convention will be remembered for ? and perhaps historic because of ? a single defining (and maybe redefining) moment in the life of the denomination.... Continue Reading »

Commentary: To the Class of 2010 – by Don Kirkland

Published on May 21, 2010

At this time of the year, I enjoy watching on television a variety of excerpts from commencement addresses at colleges and universities throughout the United States.... Continue Reading »

Commentary: ‘Non-Revolution’ Signals Alarm – by Don Kirkland

Published on May 13, 2010

Roads to revolution can be paved in many ways. One way is to say nothing revolutionary is even taking place.... Continue Reading »

Commentary: The Right to Be Heard – by Don Kirkland

Published on April 28, 2010

There is evidence of mounting concern among Southern Baptists over the direction the Southern Baptist Convention's Great Commission Resurgence Task Force is taking.... Continue Reading »

Commentary: Back to the Future … by Don Kirkland

Published on April 14, 2010

I have invested 40 years of my life in the work of my denomination, the South Carolina Baptist Convention. ? Now, I?m hearing a lot about the demise of denominations. And I?ll confess, when it's said of Southern Baptists,... Continue Reading »

Commentary: No Good Guys, No Bad Guys … by Don Kirkland

Published on March 31, 2010

It actually might be a good thing for Southern Baptists that two titans of denominational life ? the IMB's Jerry Rankin and the SBC Executive Committee's Morris Chapman ? aired their differences publicly. Surprisingly, the immediate cause for their... Continue Reading »

Commentary: Go Forward, Not Backward … by Don Kirkland

Published on March 1, 2010

The Great Commission Resurgence Task Force has released a report, though not the final one. It came in a 90-minute presentation led by Ronnie Floyd, Arkansas pastor and task force chairman, at the Feb. 22 meeting of the Southern... Continue Reading »

Commentary: Together on the Journey … by Don Kirkland

Published on February 18, 2010

An invitation for South Carolina Baptists to offer their opinions in an open forum is an opportunity that few could refuse. And Fred Stone hopes none will.... Continue Reading »

Commentary … by Don Kirkland

Published on February 1, 2010

The news, although it was not unexpected, deeply saddened me. The headline read: ?Miep Gies, Protector of Anne Frank, Dies at 100.?... Continue Reading »