SBC

See Southern Baptists Report Increase in Church Plants

Some perspectives at The Tennessean:
Editorial: “Modern evangelism takes real commitment”
Ed Stetzer (of Lifeway Research): “SBC Needs Right Kind of Change”

Al Mohler is “Telling the Truth About Truth” at the Newsweek/Washington Post’s new religion blog On Faith

This past Wednesday, I had the chance to hear Mark Dever in person. You can read my report, “Mark Dever is a Warrior; or, A Fundamentalist Spends A Day at The Ockenga Institute,” at my personal blog.

Denny Burk fleshes out the story a bit more, and narrows the controversy down to three issues:
(1) Definition and Function of the Charismatic Gifts of the Spirit
(2) The Bible’s Teaching about the Roles of Women in Ministry
(3) Baptist Identity and the Proper Basis for Cooperation among Baptist Churches
HT: Justin Taylor

Immoderate has some interesting quotes from Mark Dever in “Dever on RUF tunes, and ‘light’ and casual worship”

Story on MSNBC.com

Beth Newman explains why a baptism by fire hose is a very bad idea.

Albert Mohler shares the stunning tale at Conventional Thinking