![]() I was in my church.” And it was during a worship service at his church two years ago that Pastor Mike wrote “Big,” which Kerry Douglas, founder of the BlackSmoke music label, heard and persuaded Mike to record the song. I did not leave Alabama to do what I was doing. “I am grateful that God made that promise to me. I believed that if you love your family, your city and love God, the world will come looking for you,” insisted Pastor Mike. “It was always my heart’s desire to turns my city upside down, just as the apostles did in the book of Acts. By the age of 26, there were 300-to-400 of us and by the age of 27, there were 5,000 of us,” he recalled. “I started my church at age 25 with 10 friends. The fellowship began as a college ministry and now boasts thousands of members. Born Mike McClure, Jr., Pastor Mike founded The Rock Church in Birmingham, Alabama 10 years ago. However, considering his unwavering faith in God, it’s no surprise that the young artist has reached such heights in a relatively short time in the industry. “Even when the ugly is all around you, Jesus empowers you to be able to see the beautiful things and to dwell upon them.In a nod to the versatility of his music, the artist, track and album are listed in the New Artist of the Year, Urban/Inspirational Single or Performance of the Year, Music Video of the Year, Rap/Hip Hop Gospel Album of the Year and Song of the Year categories. “A good sense of taste arising out of a distinctively Christian aesthetic empowers you to acknowledge the ugly things in the world without losing hope,” Mr. He said Baptists should look for the good while recognizing the bad. Barber made an oblique reference to the sexual abuse case revealed last year, whose aftershocks continue reverberating throughout the 13.3-million member denomination. ![]() Speaking to delegates in opening remarks, Mr. Mike Stone, who was also a runner-up in 2021, by a margin of 68.4% to 31.4%. Bart Barber, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, won a second one-year term as SBC president. A member of the SBC Executive Committee said the resignation was a tactic to rejoin the SBC.Īll three appeals involved paper ballots so the results won’t be available until Wednesday morning, a spokesman for the SBC Executive Committee confirmed. The church said the cleric resigned in May and thus the church should be readmitted. Linda Barnes Popham is the pastor.Ī third congregation, Freedom Church in Vero Beach, Florida, appealed its expulsion over an issue involving alleged sexual abuse by its pastor. One is appealing on the same grounds as Saddleback - Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, where the Rev. ![]() Saddleback was one of three SBC congregations challenging their removal and seeking a vote of delegates at the business session in New Orleans, which concludes Wednesday. It’s a matter of biblical commitment, a commitment to the scripture that unequivocally we believe limits the office of pastor to men.” He said, “Southern Baptists decided this is not just a matter of church polity. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said the prohibition on female pastors was inserted into the “Faith and Message” statement “because 30 years ago, this issue threatened to tear this denomination apart.” “If doctrinal disagreements between Baptists are considered sin, we all get kicked out! You’ll never get 100% of Baptists to agree 100% on 100% of every doctrine.” ![]() “But the 1,928 churches with women on pastoral staff have not sinned,” he said.
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