Empowering Kingdom Growth "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." (Mt. 6:33)
Empowering Kingdom Growth is an all-out concentration on the Kingdom of God. This summary spells out the details of the EKG initiative and the nature of this new, spiritual emphasis. Read More
Chapman urges Southern Baptists to re-dig wells that refreshed previous generations Referencing Genesis 26:18 and Isaac's endeavor to dig again the wells dug in the desert in the days of his father, Abraham, Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Morris H. Chapman challenged Southern Baptists to return to their heritage and rediscover what refreshed the generations before them.
"Southern Baptists are on a quest to find a refreshing, revolutionary experience with Jesus Christ," Chapman said in his address to the Executive Committee Feb. 17. "The vision, the pursuit has been named Empowering Kingdom Growth, and the task force has begun to call upon all Southern Baptists 'to renew their passion for the Lord Jesus and the reign of his Kingdom in their hearts, families and churches.'" Read More
Covenant signees note commitment, prayer for kingdom of God emphasis COLUMBIA, S.C. (BP)--Five Southern Baptist leaders -- representing the convention's mission boards, entities, institutions and state conventions -- signed a covenant agreement to launch an Empowering Kingdom Growth initiative throughout the Southern Baptist Convention during the SBC's June 11-12 annual meeting in St. Louis. Read More
'Empowering Kingdom Growth' gains momentum as key SBC initiative NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A vision for what Jesus taught and called for -- "an all-out concentration on the Kingdom of God" -- was endorsed by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee during its Feb. 18-19 meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Read More
Chapman urges 'a new vision, new voices, new victories' NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"The time has come to cast a new vision, hear new voices and get ready to declare new victories in Jesus," Morris H. Chapman said in an address to the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Feb. 18. Read More
FIRST-PERSON: EKG and the SBC: Putting first things first GREENVILLE, S.C. (BP)--Southern Baptists, never short on vision or the ability to put the hopes of our hearts into inspiring words, are taking a huge step to move the kingdom of God forward, and the goals -- at the least, the measurable results -- are not even laid out in advance. Read More