The Pastor as Missionary
Posted November 6th, 2023 by Mike Hubbard
I am super honored to be able to speak at the Metro Mission Quarterly today on the topic The Pastor as Missionary. My time is limited, so thought I would create a post with my notes and some other ideas and materials for the talk. The first item is a survey I created when we […]
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Sexual Abuse, #MeToo, and the Southern Baptist Moment
Posted June 18th, 2019 by Mike Hubbard
For the past year, the Southern Baptist Convention has been embroiled in controversy around the issue of sexual abuse. At the annual gathering in June of last year these issues were brought to the forefront, with stories of predators, wolves cloaked as shepherds who moved from church to church, preying on the young and vulnerable. […]
Posted in Gospel in Life, Leadership, Living the Gospel | Tags: Sexual Abuse, The Southern Baptist Convention
Sexual Abuse, Southern Baptists, and our Response
Posted February 12th, 2019 by Mike Hubbard
It’s all over the news. Our denominational tribe is having a day of reckoning over the failure to respond properly to sexual abuse and abusers, and failure to provide a safe place for those whose lives have been wrecked by monsters to acknowledge their pain and confront accusers. This past weekend, the Houston Chronicle published […]
Posted in Church and Culture, Leadership, Living the Gospel | Tags: Sexual Abuse, The Southern Baptist Convention
My Thoughts on a Crucial Moment for Southern Baptists
Posted March 13th, 2017 by Mike Hubbard
I am really a nobody, at least when it comes to speaking toward big issues and the denomination we are supporting. We planted Genesis 11 years ago, and are a small to medium sized church by some standards. God has been good to us, and from our launch we have been a Cooperative Program supporting […]
Posted in Gospel in Life, Leadership, Theological issues | Tags: Cooperative Program, Jack Graham, Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention
Our Elders – Genesis Mighty Men
Posted April 24th, 2014 by Mike Hubbard
Been reading the life of David in 1 Samuel during my time in the Word, and read 1 Samuel 23 this morning. This chapter gives us a list of the names and exploits of David’s mighty men, a group of 30 men who were incredibly loyal to David and skilled as warriors. This chapter is […]
Posted in Leadership | Tags: Elders, King David