What is the Great Commission Resurgence?
On April 16, 2009, in a chapel service at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Danny Akin delivered a message entitled “Axioms of a Great Commission Resurgence.” It is important to note the address was not produced in a vacuum. The content of the sermon received input and affirmation from SBC leaders like Johnny Hunt, James Merritt, Al Mohler and Thom Rainer. It was something of a response to a ground swell of hopes and concerns being echoed throughout the churches of our Convention.
Building on the momentum generated by the message, the President of our Convention, Dr. Johnny Hunt, worked with Dr. Akin and others in drafting what became “The GCR Declaration.” There was an immediate and overwhelming response to Dr. Hunt’s call for a renewed focus on the Great Commission as embodied in theDeclaration. Persons were invited to sign on pledging their support to this movement. Today more than 4,350 Southern Baptists have signed the Declaration.
At the June 2009 annual meeting of our Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, moved that the Convention respond to the GCR Declaration and empower Dr. Hunt to appoint a task force to study our Convention and bring back recommendations at the 2010 Convention which will meet in Orlando, Florida. The motion was as follows:
Moved: That the Southern Baptist Convention, meeting June 23-24, 2009 in Louisville, Kentucky, authorize the President of the Southern Baptist Convention to appoint A Great Commission Task Force charged to bring a report and any recommendations to the Southern Baptist Convention, meeting in Orlando, Florida, June 15-16, 2010, concerning how Southern Baptists can work more faithfully and effectively together in serving Christ through the Great Commission.
The response to the motion was amazing as 95% of the messengers said “yes.” The hall exploded in applause and a wonderful spirit of enthusiasm and unity flooded the Convention floor.
Responding to the wishes of the Convention, Dr. Hunt has appointed a 22-member Task Force that is chaired by Dr. Ronnie Floyd, Pastor of First Baptist Church Springdale and The Church at Pinnacle Hills, Arkansas. This Task Force is humbled and honored by the assignment it has received from Southern Baptists. The GCR Task Force deeply covets your prayers in the days ahead. It is the prayer of our convention that God will use the Task Force for His glory, the building up of our churches and Convention, and the good of the nations as we faithfully and passionately pursue the fulfilling of the Great Commission until the Lord Jesus returns.
Click here to view the GCR Declaration that received over 4,300 signatures prior to the 2009 SBC Annual Meeting»
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