The Mission of Today’s Church
We at SBC Witness try to keep readers updated on new books related to Southern Baptists, but I have to confess we are a tad behind recently. Some interesting works have been published in the last few months, and some more are on the way. I hope to post about some of them in the next few days.
This post is dedicated to another great "newish" book from B&H Academic. The Mission of Today's Church: Baptist Leaders Look at Modern Faith Issues (B&H, 2007) is a collection of essays edited by theologian Stan Norman. The chapters include the following contributions:
"Ten Mandates for Southern Baptists" - Daniel L. AkinÂ
"Between Scylla and Charybdis: Reflections on the Baptist Way" - Charles S. Kelley
"The Church, Worship, and the Lord’s Supper" - David S. Dockery
"Three Views of the Church’s Mission in the Black Community" - James Jenkins
"Explaining the Gospel to Kids" - Charles L. Quarles
"The Missional Nature of the Church and the Future of Southern Baptist Convention Churches" - Ed Stetzer
"Together We Grow: Congregational Polity as a Means of Corporate Sanctification" - R. Stanton Norman
"Congregational Polity and Its Strategic Limitations" - Jerry Sutton
"Being Salt and Light in a Post-Christian Culture" - Barret Duke
"Cooperation among Southern Baptist Churches as Set Forth in Article 14 of the Baptist Faith and Message" -Â Jim Richards
"Toward a Theology of Cooperation" - Chad Owen Brand
"Salvation and the Sovereignty of God: The Great Commission a the Expression of the Divine Will" - Kenneth D. Keathley
This one is well worth taking a look at. I would also heartily recommend Norman's books More than Just a Name and The Baptist Way, both of which are also published by B&H (I have used the latter in my Baptist History and Identity classes).