Stories tagged with: j.d. greear

• 'Gospel Above All' drives diversity, unity, missions, abuse prevention

  by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, June 09, 2020 (4 years ago)

  

  Screen capture from J.D. Greear's Facebook page

  DURHAM, N.C. (BP) -- Promoting diversity, unity, missions and sex abuse prevention are goals the Southern Baptist Convention must continue to pursue in order to put the "Gospel Above All," SBC President J.D. Greear said in his 2020 presidential address Tuesday (June 9).

  Speaking from his office at The Summit Church in Durham, N.C., in a virtual format after the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Greear promoted those goals as central to removing stumbling blocks that would make it difficult for unbelievers to come to Christ. Read More

• North Carolina churches' sending culture celebrated

  by Amy Whitfield, posted Friday, December 20, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  RALEIGH, N.C. (BP) -- On Dec. 18, Paul Chitwood, president of the International Mission Board (IMB), visited the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area to meet with leaders from five area churches that also happen to be among the top 10 missionary-sending churches in the Southern Baptist Convention. JD Greear, SBC president and pastor of the Summit Church, hosted the meeting at the Capital Hills campus of the Summit Church in Raleigh. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Pastoral health onus of church, pastor

  by J.D. Greear, posted Monday, October 21, 2019 (4 years ago)

  Both churches and pastors can take steps to promote pastoral health, Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear says in offering pointers during Pastor Appreciation Month. Read More

• Ariz. church uses pingpong balls to track outreach

  by Noah Jaeger/Portraits, posted Wednesday, October 09, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  Submitted photo

  PHOENIX (BP) -- Like some other churches around the country, Valley Life Church in the Tramonto neighborhood of Phoenix has adopted the "Who's Your One?" evangelism initiative promoted by the North American Mission Board and Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear. But Valley Life may be the only church using pingpong balls to mark their progress.

  When the church adopted Who's Your One, they set up a visual display to showcase the movement's success -- a clear box containing different colored pingpong balls. Each color signifies a portion of the church's reach -- white balls represent invitations to church, green stands for intentional Gospel conversations and orange denotes baptisms. Read More

• Greear delivers prayer before U.S. House

  by Seth Brown & Liz Tablazon/Biblical Recorder, posted Wednesday, September 25, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  Image captured from PBS video

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The words of Psalm 16:1 are located inside a prayer room of the United States Capitol: "Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I put my trust." A similar prayer was spoken on Capitol Hill today (Sept. 25) as Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear opened the afternoon legislative session for the House of Representatives.

  "May You grant that this body rule in a way that directs the men, women and children of this country toward Your goodness, and enables them to respond in thankfulness to You," said Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area. "May we perceive the love that You have for us, and may that translate into love for one another, especially the most ... Read More

• Greear urges Baptists to unite, 'Send Every Member'

  by Grace Thornton, posted Tuesday, September 17, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Photo by Morris Abernathy

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- If Southern Baptists' unity is built on "all of us agreeing on everything, then there really is no hope for us all," said J.D. Greear, Southern Baptist Convention president, during his address to the SBC Executive Committee on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

  Unity has to be "built on loving something greater than what divides us" -- that's why Greear said he's keeping Gospel Above All as the convention's theme for his second year as president. Read More

• J.D. GREEAR: Why Baptism Sunday?

  by J.D. Greear, posted Monday, August 12, 2019 (5 years ago)

  J.D. Greear, Southern Baptist Convention president, is challenging every Southern Baptist church to call for baptisms in services on Sunday, Sept. 8, which is Baptism Day in the SBC. Read More

• 'Thank you,' Greear tells black church assembly

  by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, July 23, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  Photo by Diana Chandler

  RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) -- As the annual Black Church Leadership and Family Conference opened to perhaps 1,000 attendees at Ridgecrest, N.C., Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear was in the number.

  "I want you to hear from me, who has the privilege of serving in this capacity as president, I want you to hear, 'Thank you,' and I want you to know that your sacrifices, and your prayers and your faith, have not been in vain, that God is using them," Greear told the predominantly African American audience on the event's opening night July 22. Read More

• Nationwide 'Who's Your One?' tour to kick off in N.C.

  by BSCNC Communications, posted Friday, July 12, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  BP file photo.

  CARY, N.C. (BP) -- North Carolina will be the first stop on a nationwide "Who’s Your One?" tour, sponsored by the North American Mission Board, designed to equip and encourage churches in their evangelistic efforts.

  Temple Baptist Church in Fayetteville, N.C., will host the first event on Sunday and Monday, Aug. 11-12, which will feature Johnny Hunt, NAMB's senior vice president of evangelism and leadership, as the keynote speaker. Read More

• 'Gospel Above All' study follows Greear's SBC theme

  by Joy Allmond, posted Friday, July 12, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  LifeWay photo

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Having exhorted messengers to place the "Gospel Above All" at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, SBC President J.D. Greear is aiming to mobilize Christians to take Gospel action in their homes, churches and communities.

  Through the aptly named "Gospel Above All," Greear leads an eight-session Bible study that includes videos featuring conversations with such Christian leaders as David Platt, Jen Wilkin, Walter Strickland, Vance Pitman, Rosaria Butterfield, Kevin Smith, Greg Laurie and R. Albert Mohler Jr. Read More