About SBC Today

These are challenging times in the Southern Baptist Convention, but times full of opportunity. As we move ahead together, this site will continue to advocate our historic, biblical beliefs as Baptists about our Savior, Jesus Christ, and His church.

SBC Today exists to restore unity in the convention around biblical discipleship and our historic Baptist distinctives. This site is here to give a voice to what we believe to be the heart of the great majority of Southern Baptists. We will cast a positive vision for the future of the Southern Baptist Convention, one rooted in our historic and biblical identity. We will offer resources for pastors and interested Baptists on a variety of topics, from sermon ideas and outlines to articles on a variety of topics related to Baptist identity, faith, and practice. We are people of the church who care deeply about the future effectiveness of the SBC for God’s glory, and believe that that effectiveness is best served by a revitalization of our historic and biblical identity, and not by abandoning those sacred values.

SBC Today was originally created by a group of pastors — Robin Foster, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Perkins, Oklahoma; Wes Kenney, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Valiant, Oklahoma; Tim Rogers, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Indian Trail, North Carolina; Joe Stewart, pastor of Sabino Road Baptist Church in Tucson, Arizona. As pastoral duties and personal responsibilities demanded, first Joe Stewart and then Robin Foster transitioned away from active participation.  The blog’s resource management team added Scott Gordon, pastor of Claycomo Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri, and David Worley, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Greenfield, Tennessee to the team. In Spring 2011, this core group expanded the circle of participants to include a larger editorial board of contributing editors, with some technical assistance from the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. However, most of the original creators of the blog continue to be involved in and make contributions to SBC Today, and other like-minded Baptists have joined into this effort as well to form an editorial board of contributing editors who guide the content of SBC Today.

To be clear, SBC Today is not owned by the Baptist Center or New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) or any of the churches involved, is not a publication of the Baptist Center or NOBTS (or any of the churches involved), and does not necessarily express the views of the Baptist Center or NOBTS (or any of the churches involved). SBC Today is privately owned, is supported by private donations, and its content is guided by an editorial board of contributing editors.

As with any blog, SBC Today attracts comments from a variety of perspectives. Many issues confronting the SBC are controversial. SBC Today does not necessarily endorse all that is said in the blog, not only in the comments section but in the articles themselves. The opinions expressed in various articles and comments are the author’s alone. Sometimes articles may be included for interest and discussion, but we may not agree with everything that is said. We do ask that those making comments do so in Christian charity, expressing your views forthrightly with integrity but also with kindness. SBC Today reserves the right to remove any posts which attack another believer, especially concerning their motives or the genuineness of their faith. Our intention is to provide a forum to foster discussion and interaction which ultimately produces agreement, not divisive or derisive arguments.

Whenever an article is posted in SBC Today, it reflects only the opinion of the author.  It does not necessarily reflect the opinion (or endorsement) of SBC Today, its editorial board, or the churches, institutions, or ministries in which they serve. It is the opinion of the author alone that is being expressed.  It is likely that the opinions expressed in articles give voice to perspectives shared by some other Baptists.  But SBC Today does not necessarily endorse the articles themselves or the comments in response to them. The only role of SBC Today is to facilitate a forum for discussing these perspectives.

Readers are invited to contact us by email with any questions or concerns they may have. For general questions about the site or to submit an article for consideration to be published in SBC Today, email sbctoday@gmail.com.


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2 Responses to About SBC Today

  1. spacer Ron Hale says:
    April 22, 2011 at 8:57 am

    Sirs of SBC Today:

    I like your new look!

    My the Lord bless as you fulfill your purpose.

    <Ron F. Hale

  2. spacer LARNARD SMITH says:
    March 8, 2012 at 3:57 pm

    Bishop and Elder term, used interchangeably(same office) Titus 1:5-7. The Church order as given to Timothy, in 1st Timothy 3:8-13 however, Bishops and DEACONS are seperate,also in Phillipians 1:1, Bishop and Deacons are again seperate. In 1st
    Peter 5:1-4 Peter was an elder over the Church who exhorted Elders to feed the flock and set example, and would be rewarded by the Chief Shephard. Elders labor in word and doctrine Acts 5:17. While some Deacons did preach in Acts 6, at least Stephen who was stoned to death while preaching. The over riding purpose was to relieve(and protect) the Pastor and the Church (0r in the case of Acts, the Apostles) from distraction in the performance of their most basic and fundamental responsibilities. They were therefore an important office in the Church with clear resposibility. pastor is ordained in the old testament in Jeremiah 3:15 . See 23: 1-4 of Jeremiah. Pastor and Shepherd used interchangeably in these verses. See Ephesians 4:11, Pastor is used similarly in the new testament. Jesus is the Chief Shephard in john chapter 10. Cylopedic indexes of the best scholars conclude Pastor and Shephard are the same. Scripture conclusions: Pastor, Shephard, Elder, Bishop, seem to this layman the same office with the Deacon office being a seperate office. It would seem that elders if they are used should be only 1n an advisory capacity. Bishop,