SBC History: Recent Episodes
SBC History
This week we begin our exploration of the 2023 Resolutions with a look at Resolution 1 on Revitalization and Replanting. Stay tuned for more about each of the resolutions and to hear from the original authors!
We are excited to introduce conventional business, a podcast centered around the people, polity, and procedures of the Southern Baptist Convention. Hosted by Keith Myer and Luke Holmes, the show will take a deeper look at some events of the Southern Baptist Convention. This could be entities, meetings, procedures, resolutions, motions, and more. Tune in to find out. Subscribe through all your favorite podcast feeds.
As we approach the 2022 Annual Meeting, I wanted to highlight a sermon from a previous annual meeting. In 1988 Joel Gregory famously preached on “The Castle and the Wall” about the conflict in the SBC. It’s a message we need to be reminded of in the middle of the conflict the SBC faces today. … Continue reading "SBC History Podcast -The Castle and the Wall"
EW Perry might be one of the best preachers that you have never heard of. He was born in 1882 and died in the 1960s. He was a long time pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Oklahoma City and the first African-American man to preach before the southern Baptist convention. He did so at the … Continue reading "Dr. EW Perry"
Today we are featuring more old audio, this time from Dr. Baker James Cauthen. He was the president of the Foreign Mission Board, now the IMB, from 1954-1979. Under his leadership the number of missionaries on the field grew from 908 to nearly 3,000 and they reached more than sixty more countries than before. Addtionally, … Continue reading "SBC History Podcast – Baker James Cauthen"
It’s been a while since I have been able to post updates to the SBC History Podcast, but I’ve got a plan for this year and I can’t wait to share it with you! Today I’m sharing some old audio from the 1959 SBC Pastors Conference, a sermon on the Deity of Christ by RG … Continue reading "SBC History Podcast -RG Lee"
There are some names in Baptist life that everyone is familiar with, like Lottie Moon or Billy Graham. Still others like John Broadus or LR Scarborough are known mainly to pastors and academics. Today on the SBC History Podcast we talk with pastor Matt Thomas to learn about another Baptist we should know about, Isaac … Continue reading "SBC History Podcast – Isaac Backus with Matt Thomas"
Listen to Dr. Kevin Smith from the Maryland/Delaware Baptist Convention discuss the history of the National Baptist Convention, it’s relation to the SBC, and what’s exciting about the SBC today!
Join Luke and Mark Clifton from the North American Mission Board as they discuss how history affects church revitalization, how a pastor can celebrate the past while looking to the future, and much more!
J. Frank Norris is one of the most infamous men in the history of the Southern Baptist Convention. He shot a man in his office, left rotting fruit on the doorsteps of seminary professors, and called out men in his sermon titles. He is well known for his many exploits, and still talked about both … Continue reading "SBC History Podcast, J. Frank Norris"
LifeWay started in 1891, under the name “The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention” under the leadership of JM Frost. It kept that name for over 100 years, and many many people still remember it. It was established after the 1891 annual meeting in Birmingham. Since that time the SSB of the SBC … Continue reading "SBC History Podcast, Episode 10 History of the LifeWay and the Sunday School Board"
Any body who has paid any amount of attention to baptist life would know the prominent role that women have played in our churches and institutions. Our two most prominent offerings are named after women, Lottie Moon and Annie Armstrong. In fact, those two women have done as much or more for missions awareness and … Continue reading "SBC History Podcast, Episode 9: Women in Southern Baptist History"
Almost without a doubt you have heard of Charles Spurgeon. The Baptist preacher from London was a celebrity in his day and remained so since. But what do you know about the woman he married? In his new book Ray Rhodes writes about Susannah Spurgeon, the wife of the famous pastor. He pulls from the pages of history to write a book that shows her background that shaped her and allowed her to be a wife to the most famous pastor in the world. Listen as Ray talks about why he chose to write about Susie, and what she can teach us as Southern Baptists.
Susie Spurgeon
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If I say the two words “Christmas and Baptist” what comes to mind?
Only one answer: Lottie Moon
If you have ever been in a baptist church around Christmas time, you have heard the name of Lottie Moon. Each year Southern Baptists take up a missions offering in her name, with 100% of the money going directly overseas to support missionaries and their work across the globe. We all have heard of her, but this week in the podcast we learn a little more about the giant of missions.
Here are several links to help you get started reading more about the life of Lottie Moon.
David Platt: The Long Shadow of a tiny missionary giant
IMB: Who was Lottie Moon?
WMU: Lottie Moon Resources
IMB Missions Archives