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Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

What does the cancellation of the SBC Annual Meeting mean for you?

Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8630 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

With the cancellation of the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, Pastor J.D. Greear briefly answers what that means for him over the next year.

Resources:

Why canceling the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting is putting ‘Gospel Above All’

2020 SBC Annual Meeting canceled

Baptist Press COVID-19 coverage

Transcript

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0:00.0

Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network.

0:07.0

Hey, before we jump into Ask Me Anything for today, I want to tell you something that might interest some of you.

0:11.0

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0:17.0

That's exciting work.

0:18.0

I've been a part of it several times myself, but it can also be hard work,

0:26.1

and the details can quickly become overwhelming. Getting incorporated, for example, how to build a launch team, how to coach them through tough times, how to find a location, how to market the launch.

0:30.2

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0:34.5

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0:37.6

bogged down with the logistical details or to deal with bad systems and the bad effects of those.

0:43.0

They're going to free you up to focus on what God called you to do as the pastor, which is to put

0:48.1

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0:54.4

And so if you are in a place where this might be helpful for you,

0:57.0

I would encourage you to go to portablechurch.com slash Lifeway

1:00.5

and check out what they offer.

1:02.5

And now I hope you enjoy.

1:03.9

Ask me Anything.

1:23.6

My name is Matt Love, here with J.D. Greer.

1:26.9

Appropriately six feet apart. Yes,

1:28.3

appropriately. We're doing a lot of social distancing right now. You can't tell, but you just

1:33.1

announced that SBC is going to be canceled, which means as far as I know, I do not know all the

1:38.5

ends and outs of the SBC rulebook, but as far as I'm aware, that means that you're going to be the SBC president for a third term.

1:45.2

Well, I don't know if you would call it a third term, but like an extended second term.

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