For Those Wanting to Keep Up with the Great Commission Task Force...

Ronnie Floyd, the chairman of the Task Force, blogged about their first meeting. I include it below. You can go straight to his blog by clicking here.

First Meeting of GCR Task Force is Behind Us

The first meeting of our Great Commission Resurgence Task Force is now behind us. We are so grateful for each member of this group, for their spirit, honesty, and contribution to this process. The Southern Baptist Convention has entrusted us with a big task that we must be good stewards in performing.I believe all of us left our first meeting in Atlanta full of hope and excitement, as well as feeling the burden of responsibility we have to our convention of churches. However, our responsibility is not just to our convention. We feel an even greater responsibility to the lost humanity on this earth. We believe we are accountable to the Lord for this task that has been placed upon us.

The final 30 minutes of our meeting was a press conference which I began by sharing the following words:

The Great Commission Task Force of the Southern Baptist Convention has gathered forour first meeting together. We began with an extended period of prayer and then immediatelygot busy with the job Southern Baptists assigned to us. We talked to each other — with serioustalk, honest talk — but we were able to do this within a context of Christian kindness andfriendship. I am thankful that we are already talking about big issues and looking at bigquestions. This is how I had hoped we would begin. We have a huge job to accomplish and alooming deadline before us.
This much is already clear — our great passion is the Great Commission. We yearn withall our hearts to see Southern Baptists be more faithful in taking the Gospel to the nations.With that as our passion, we will work long, hard, and tirelessly to develop a report thatwill unleash a passion for the Great Commission that will energize Southern Baptists andprioritize our work together. We are so highly honored by this task entrusted to us.

Hopefully this will encourage you. I believe God is answering our prayers.
Please remember, we are pressing towards our goal of at least 5,000 prayer warriors coming alongside of us. If you have not signed up to join us, please do so at: www.pray4gcr.com. Our greatest need is for you to pray. Take it to your church, your Bible Study class, your Worship Ministry, wherever you go, and encourage others to join us. For the reaching of the nations, we need you to pray with us.

For those who have offered encouragement and your prayer support, on behalf of our group, thank you so much. It means everything to us to know you were and are praying. There were groups who even prayed while we are meeting, every hour we were meeting. Wow, praise the Lord for God’s people who want to see the nations come to our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.Sunday is coming and I am fired up to preach on, “Do You Live a Gospel-Centered Life?” Please pray for us and join us in one of our worship services.