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The Sword & The Trowel

TS&TT: Pastor Mike Stone | Biblical Inerrancy, Women Pastors & Resolve in the SBC

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8850 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Jared Longshore welcome Mike Stone, Georgia pastor and 2021 Southern Baptist Convention presidential nominee, on to the show. They discuss the current state of the SBC, the vision for the days ahead and the need for biblical resolve in SBC churches and entities. Be It Resolved | SBC21 Founders Conference: https://founders.org/sbc21/ Connect with Pastor Mike Stone: https://pastormikestone.com #ByWhatStandard CINEDOC: https://founders.org/cinedoc/ 2022 National Founders Conference: Militant & Triumphant | https://founders.org/2022conference/ Become a part of the F.A.M. | https://press.founders.org/fam/ Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion | https://press.founders.org/shop/strong-and-courageous/ The Institute of Public Theology: www.instituteofpublictheology.org Watch #WieldTheSword | https://founders.org/wieldthesword/   Follow Founders Ministries: Website: https://founders.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/   All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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0:00.0

Welcome to The Sword of the Trial, a podcast of Founders Ministries.

0:03.6

Founders Ministries exist for the recovery of the gospel and the Reformation of churches.

0:07.2

I'm Jared Longshore.

0:07.9

I'm Tom Askell.

0:08.8

Thanks for listening to The Sword and the Trial today.

0:10.6

Delighted to have you with us and delighted about this podcast because we have Pastor Mike Stone with us here.

0:16.9

Amen.

0:17.5

Mike is a pastor, a longtime pastor in the same church in Georgia, and you've served there.

0:23.3

How long, Mike, in your present church?

0:26.0

Yeah, 25 years.

0:27.4

25 years. And tell us where the church is and just a little bit about it.

0:33.1

Well, it's the Emmanuel Baptist Church, and because some people don't know how to spell it, we spell it within E. It's the Emanuel Baptist Church in the heart of southeast Georgia,

0:41.8

a city of about 4,000 people, and a county of about 17,000, so a very rural,

0:47.2

blue-collar area of southeast Georgia. It is a strong evangelistic church,

0:52.3

and God has really blessed us in a town of 4,000 people.

0:56.0

Pre-COVID, we were about 1050 or 1,100, and we've had a good strong return rate of about 90%

1:02.0

when in the aftermath of COVID-19, just a strong, hot-hearted, soul-winning, expository preaching church, and I've been blessed to serve there.

1:13.9

October will actually be my 25th anniversary.

1:16.4

Wow.

1:16.9

Oh, that's wonderful.

1:18.1

What are you preaching through right now?

1:20.4

Well, I'm preaching through selected proverbs right now.

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