Baptisms are the Best
The cure for whatever ails a Baptist church is more baptisms. Since we only practice believer’s baptism (meaning an individual must personally profess faith in Jesus prior to their baptism), baptisms are a sign that conversions are happening in the context of a church’s outreach ministry. Since baptisms symbolize the death, burial, and resurrection of […]
Raised to Life: A Seventeenth-Century Baptism Miracle
In my previous post, I noted the remarkable prayer for healing that Baptist theologian Hanserd Knollys made on behalf of his gravely ill friend, Benjamin Keach. Praying in the vein of Hezekiah as recorded in 2 Kings 20, Knollys received what he asked. Keach was restored to full health and lived fifteen additional years. Was […]
Faculty Dialogues: Baptist Ecclesiology
Live at the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California, I hosted another episode of Faculty Dialogues with my friend and colleague, Dr. Chris Chun. We discussed the theological foundations of core Baptist doctrines like credobaptism, congregationalism and church autonomy as well as misconceptions and myths of the Baptist tradition. Watch the full […]
Baptizing More People – Part One
A common concern among Southern Baptists is our decline in both the number of baptisms and the ratio of members to baptisms over the past decades. The data indicates a significant problem. How do we reverse this trend and baptize more people? The most frequent suggestions, including much of my writing and speaking on this […]
Baptizing More People – Part Two
A common concern among Southern Baptists is our decline in both the number of baptisms and the ratio of members to baptisms over the past decades. The data indicates a significant problem. How do we reverse this trend and baptize more people? The most frequent suggestions, including much of my writing and speaking on this […]