From the Executive Office

For the past four years, I have been signing off this article with “Until Next Time.” Here we are, June 2021, and this is the last of these. No more next time in this space from Steve McNeil. Jeannine and I want to thank you SCBI for placing your confidence in us on March 6, […]

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I have been writing in this article for the past year about different aspects of a process that our state convention is going through called Denominee. This has been an interesting, challenging, informative and futuristic look at how we function as a state convention. Let me take a moment and share how I think this […]

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Pray for Your Search Team God has a plan for Indiana Baptists. I have believed that for 20 years. I still believe it. I am looking forward to seeing what God does with our family of churches all across Indiana that is called “The State Convention of Baptists in Indiana (SCBI).” I want to ask […]

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Great words, often quoted from the prophet Jeremiah, “11  ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NASB) The Lord has a great way of speaking to us.  He often uses people to […]

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Many of you have heard by now that the Lord has given Jeannine and me peace about the next steps in our journey with Him. I have presented to our Executive Board Chairman, Tom Savage, that it is my plan to retire from the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana as of June 30, 2021. […]

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Challenges – things that get in our way, barriers to where we believe God is leading us. 2020 opened our eyes to many gaps in our local church ministry. It forced us to look internally at how and why we do the things we do. One challenge is will we just go back to doing […]

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“Let There Be Peace on Earth” The popular Christmas hymn was written by husband-and-wife songwriting duo Jill Jackson Miller and Sy Miller as a simple reminder to be the change you want to see in the world: “Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.” The Millers wrote the tune in […]

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Every November we are reminded by the date on our calendar to be thankful and express a thankful spirit. I have been spending time in some of Paul’s epistles over the past year, and you cannot help but see the consistent theme of thanks in his letters. Phil 1:3, “I give thanks to my God […]

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We hope that you have scheduled Monday, October 19th to be at your State Convention of Baptists in Indiana annual celebration. We will begin at 10:00 AM and conclude at 5:15 PM. You can see more information at, https://scbi.org/events/annual-convention-meeting/. This year we will be inviting you to join the SCBI staff, the Executive Board in […]

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In last month’s Indiana Baptist I shared with you an overarching view of the work that a team of SCBI leaders have been working on over the past year.  Today I would like to take one piece of that work and dig a little deeper with you.  Let’s talk about our SCBI Mission. I know […]

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