The SBC's GCR Task Force

We may be getting close to knowing what the actual proposals from the Southern Baptist Convention’s Great Commission Resurgence Task Force are going to be. Following the group’s latest meeting in Atlanta this week, Chairman Ronnie Floyd said the group had made “enormous” progress and planned to bring a substantial report to the SBC Executive Committee meeting in February.

Thus far the Great Commission Resurgence has been somewhat philosophical. I don’t know of any Baptists who aren’t in favor of the Great Commission so up until this point, it has been very easy for most people to support the review of how Southern Baptists are working to fulfill Jesus’ command. There has been lots of speculation about what the task force might suggest, of course, but since the task force’s discussions have been held in closed meetings, there’s been nothing concrete to which Baptists could react.

Once details about what the actual report will contain start to be revealed, we’ll all start to get a much better idea about what to expect in Orlando and will begin getting a real sense about what Baptists think about the ideas. Keep praying for wisdom and discernment for the task force members!

Here’s the story on the last GCR Task Force meeting from Baptist Press:

ATLANTA (BP)–The Great Commission Resurgence Task Force made excellent progress in its Nov. 30-Dec. 1 meeting in Atlanta and plans to present a substantial report during the February meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee in Nashville, Tenn., task force chairman Ronnie Floyd said.

“We made great, enormous progress today,” Floyd told Baptist Press after adjourning the meeting, which was held in the Renaissance Hotel near Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport. “We’re wrestling; we’re going through it. But the group has been great. Yesterday and today we ended with tremendous oneness, tremendous togetherness.”

The 23-member task force heard reports from North American Mission Board leadership; Ed Stetzer, director of LifeWay Research; and Morris H. Chapman, president of the SBC Executive Committee, Floyd said. The NAMB updates came from trustee chairman Tim Patterson; interim president Richard Harris; and Ted Traylor, chairman of the board’s presidential search committee and GCR task force member.

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