True Church Conference, Muscle Shoals, AL

We are here in northern Alabama, at First Baptist Muscle Shoals, for the second True Church Conference, presented by Anchored in Truth Ministries. The theme of the conference this year is Church Discipline, the missing key to church growth. There are great preachers, a humble spirit and I am honored to be here. You can [...]

What are we to make of it…..?

Many of you know that I have made several lengthy and controversial trips recently, to Seattle and St. Louis, to meet two very controversial figures in the church today, Mark Driscoll and Darrin Patrick.
Each journey was a great blessing to me personally and very positive and productive for our ministry. I learned a lot about [...]

Reflections on my journey, to The Journey

I made the trip to St. Louis for a couple of reasons, but first and foremost to meet Darrin Patrick for myself. The lead pastor of The Journey and I had exchanged several emails over the course of a year and at some point he extended an invitation to me to come and see for [...]

One-On-One with Darrin Patrick

The emergent church…the emerging church…the Midrash…the mission to St. Louis; I discuss all this and more with Darrin Patrick, lead pastor of The Journey. Listen for yourself as Pastor Patrick and I sat down to do a live radio program in the beautiful sanctuary of this urban St. Louis fellowship.
Listen HERE!

Missouri Baptists axe Acts 29

from Dr. Tom Ascol, Founders Ministries
Scott Lamb lets the word out on a decision by the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Executive Board that establishes “a ‘no-partnership with Acts 29′ rule for MBC church plants.” Scott is privy to all of the details, yet, but has enough information to know that churches that affiliate with Acts 29 [...]

Definitely Not Church As Usual

This comes from Jim at OldTruth.com and it is absolutely great! 
I will admit it, the church that I attend is not normal, at least by today’s standards. The seeker church that I was once a part of had a sign outside the building that said the words “definitely not church as usual“. Years later now, [...]

And yet another ‘way of doing church’, The Simple Church

Paul Proctor hits the nail on the head with this fantastic piece posted at News with Views.com, on the latest concoction from LifeWay Christian Resources (the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention) in yet another attempt to change the message to fit the people. This latest church growth idea is called “Simple Church”.
In his [...]

**Program Alert** Jeff Noblit on MCP

On the Thursday May 10 edition of The Mike Corley Program, I will be sharing an edited version of a message entitlted “Church History and The Miracle of Conversion“, delivered by Pastor Jeff Noblit of First Baptist Church, Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It was the message from day 2 of the True Church Conference on May [...]

Nine Marks of a Healthy Church

by Dr. Mark Dever

Expository Preaching
Biblical Theology
Biblical Understanding of the Good News
Biblical Understanding of Conversion
Biblical Understanding of Evangelism
Biblical Understanding of Church Membership
Biblical Church Discipline
Concern for Promoting Christian Discipleship and Growth
Biblical Church Leadership

Dr. Tom Ascol on The Mike Corley Program

Dr. Thomas Ascol, executive director of Founders Ministries and Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida was a special guest on MCP today, addressing his recent comments that he will introduce a resolution at the next annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, requiring that church members actually be born-again.
Dr. Ascol addressed questions [...]