#219 | On Preaching with Steve Gaines
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
H.B. Charles, Jr.
4.9 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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In this throwback episode, we revisit H.B.’s 2023 conversation with Steve Gaines, Pastor Emeritus of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. After serving as Senior Pastor for 19 years, Dr. Gaines transitioned to his emeritus role in 2024. He also served as the President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2016 to 2018. He continues to be a widely respected voice in the areas of prayer, evangelism, and pastoral ministry.Get a new website, unlimited custom graphics, & full-service podcast production services at https://IncreaseCreative.Co/HBSubscribe to the Cutting It Straight magazine at https://CISmag.orgConnect with H.B. and access more resources at https://HBCharlesJr.comThe On Preaching Podcast is dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.Hosted by H.B. Charles, Jr., Pastor-Teacher of Shiloh.Church in Jacksonville, Florida Produced by Luke Clayton and the team at IncreaseCreative.CoSHARE YOUR QUESTIONS, AND IT MAY BE FEATURED IN A FUTURE EPISODE.Drop a comment or go to https://ncrs.cc/opqa to ask your questions.
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| 0:00.0 | So, friends, this podcast started some years ago as a personal hobby. |
| 0:06.1 | It has become a little more than that. |
| 0:09.4 | Over the years of this podcast, I have basically done all of the work of the podcast by myself, show notes, recording, editing. |
| 0:19.6 | But I'm grateful that I have a new partnership with Luke Clayton |
| 0:23.9 | and the team at IncreaseCreative.co. They are helping me to produce each new episode of this |
| 0:31.9 | podcast. So this will, I hope, help us to publish on a more regular basis on Mondays |
| 0:39.6 | and will up the game on the quality of this podcast. |
| 0:43.7 | Luke and his team does great, great work. |
| 0:46.3 | I'd love to commend them to you. |
| 0:47.8 | You could look them up again at increasedcreative.com |
| 0:50.9 | or find more information on the show notes of this episode. Check them out. |
| 0:58.0 | This is the On Preaching Podcast with H.B. Charles Jr. The podcast dedicated to helping you |
| 1:04.6 | preach faithfully, clearly, and better. Good day. My name is H.B. Charles Jr., pastor of the Shiloh Church in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 1:16.6 | I write a blog at H.B. Charles Jr.com. You can also find the On Preaching Podcast, which I host, |
| 1:24.6 | and I'm also the author of books on pastoring and on preaching. |
| 1:28.8 | Also, at H.B.Charsejr.com, you can find these conversations with pastors, preachers, and |
| 1:35.9 | teachers. And I'm glad to have in this time with me today, Dr. Steve Gaines, who is the pastor |
| 1:41.8 | of the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, and the immediate |
| 1:46.2 | past president of the Southern Baptist Convention. |
| 1:48.7 | Thanks for being with me, Steve. |
| 1:49.7 | Thank you so much, and I'm so grateful I am the past president of the Southern Baptist |
| 1:54.0 | Congress. |
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