Southern Baptist Convention

Jun 22

Wes GeorgeUncategorized View Comments

We have just returned from the SBC Pastors’ Conference here in Louisville.  We arrived around midnight eastern time Sunday night.  Alvin Reid and David Platt preached a couple of great sermons tonight.  Johnny Hunt concluded the night with a call for forgiveness, kindness, and allowing God to unblock whatever has caused a dam in our lives.  Lisa and I met a neat couple in their 70s while eating ice cream before the evening session began.  Roscoe Brewer founder of E.P.I.C. is doing some amazing things among unreached people groups around the world especially among Muslims.  I forwarded an urgent prayer request last week from Johnny Hunt about a newly baptized Muslim believer who had been arrested, beaten, hospitalized, then beaten again while distributing Bibles (maybe even some Bibles that FBC Rogers purchased with the MBD emphasis).  Roscoe was the contact for this prayer request and is close to the persecuted believe being called Bento (not real name).  The official convention business begins tomorrow.  Johnny Hunt will deliver his president’s address and will certainly speak to the Great Commission Resurgence document.  There has certainly been much made about the shortfall in the IMB offering which has resulted in suspending all ISC appointments.  That really hits close to home since Tim and Adrienne Terrazas are in the ISC pipeline and their progress has been put on hold. Some interesting facts that were brought out was that France would become a Muslim nation by 2020 at the current rate of growth of Islam.  That even emphasizes more the importance and guidance of God in pointing us toward Turkish Muslims in France.

On a personal note, I want to give a shout out to Caleb on his birthday.  We are certainly proud of him.  Unfortunately, we are out of town on his birthday.  A big thank you to Barb and Kearsten for taking Caleb out for a birthday dinner tonight while we are in Louisville.  He had a birthday lunch on Saturday at the Catfish Hole in Fayetteville.  It’s getting late here.  Everyone is in bed except me and they are ready for the lights to go out.  I have an early start tomorrow with a breakfast meeting at 7:00 am before the convention activities begin.  Until next time. . .Wes

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