Tolerated Nonattendance

“A member’s regular, tolerated nonattendance begins to raise further questions.  What kind of leadership must a church have to allow such a misrepresentation to arise and flourish?  What expectations are being communicated to those who are joining?  What discipline is practiced, if any?  In fact, tolerated noninvolvement among members may even call into question the [...]

Erwin McManus on the decline of church membership

“My primary assessment would be because American Christians tend to be incredibly self-indulgent. So they see the church as a place that is there for them to meet their needs and to express faith in a way that is meaningful for them. There is almost no genuine compassion or urgency about serving and reaching people [...]

Paige Patterson on “The greatest theological error in Southern Baptist churches today”

In this article from Strange Baptist Fire.com, Dr. Paige Patterson, President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, names the greatest challenge facing the Southern Baptist Convention today, lack of emphasis on the importance of regenerate church membership. I applaud Dr. Paige for his courage and faithfulness for stating the truth. Here is [...]

Walking the aisle, signing the card…….

I asked Dr. Albert Mohler once, “What is your opinion, thought, on the invitation/altar call?” His response sticks in my mind to this day and I have quoted him on many ocassions. Dr. Mohler said, “I think the invitation/altar call is both necessary and dangerous.” 
His words came to mind again recently as I read these two wonderful posts at [...]

Every Number has a Story…The SBC and ‘Integrity’

This video comes to us from Tony Kummer at SBCvoices.blogpot.com via TimmyBrister.com. It deals with the efforts led by Dr. Tom Ascol to introduce a resolution at the recent annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention addressing the integrity of church membership. This video is very telling and speaks greatly to why I would say the [...]

Ascol on Church Membership

Dr. Thomas Ascol, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida and Executive Director of Founders Ministries, commented on is blog regarding church membership. Dr. Ascol, who has been a guest on our radio program on several occasions, gets in right in my opinion, when he says…
However it is done, every church owes it [...]

**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 [...]

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 [...]

SBC Pastor Pushes Resolution Addressing Church Membership Integrity

Source-Agape Press
A Southern Baptist pastor from Florida plans to introduce a resolution at his denomination’s annual meeting that would encourage churches to do more to ensure that those who want to become members have actually been born again.
Thomas Ascol is pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida. He says although the Southern Baptist [...]