http://morrischapman.com Dr. Morris Chapman's Sermons & Reports http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=86 As a member of the Executive Committee, you serve in one of the most critical positions in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). The Convention relies heavily on you to be trustworthy and wise in your deliberations and judgments. The committee always will have its critics, and lobbyists who attempt to pressure you “to see it their way.” Those who live and die by the political sword in the Convention believe that you can be convinced of their position because of your desire for political good will. But in the years I have been here, members of the Executive Committee have displayed rare and courageous resistance against those who attempt to influence your vote on everything from issues to officer nominees. The vast majority of the EC members over the years, including those of you who are here tonight, have maintained your integrity and the integrity of the EC as you have made decisions upon hearing the facts and listening for the voice of God. You must never be swayed or persuaded by anything but a combination of good reasoning, sound doctrine, and a profound dependence upon the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 2/22/2010 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=86 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=87 Most of you are aware that Ronnie Floyd, chair of the Great Commission Task Force (GCTF), will present an interim report of the GCTF this coming Monday night to the SBC Executive Committee (EC). As we approach next week’s regularly scheduled meeting of the Executive Committee, I wish to place the Great Commission Task Force Interim Report in its broader context relative to your work as the Executive Committee of the SBC. 2/18/2010 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=87 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=82 In February 1992, the then members of the Executive Committee elected me to serve as the president/treasurer of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention to succeed Harold C. Bennett upon his retirement, September 30, 1992. The Executive Committee, in its September 1992 meeting, recommended that the title of the position be changed to “president and chief executive officer.” On my inaugural date, I also became treasurer of the Southern Baptist Convention and treasurer of the Executive Committee. Later, I became chairman of the Southern Baptist Foundation when it became a subsidiary of the Executive Committee in 1997. 9/21/2009 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=82 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=80 In my 2009 report to the Southern Baptist Convention, I made the following comment: “The Southern Baptist Convention is experiencing a resurgence in the belief that divine sovereignty alone is at work in salvation without a faith response on the part of man.  Some are given to explain away the ‘whosoever will’ of John 3:16.  How can a Christian come to such a place when Ephesians says, ‘For by grace are you saved through faith’ (Eph. 2:8)?” 7/15/2009 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=80 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=79 The Southern Baptist Convention and the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ have never been strangers to one another, and so long as the convention and her agencies and institutions stay anchored upon the inerrant Word of God and focused on the unconquerable Cross of Christ, she will stand against every wind of doctrine that blows across the great theological divide, against every ecclesiastic fad that promises innovation at the expense of confessional fidelity, against every subtle temptation toward uncooperative narrowness and unorthodox ecumenism. 6/23/2009 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=79 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=77 On Monday, April 27, I received an email and was surprised by the attachment entitled, the Great Commission Resurgence Declaration (Declaration). As I began reading through the ten articles of the Declaration, I rejoiced in the strong affirmations of our Convention’s biblical convictions. These articles listed many of the tenets of the faith that are critical to believe and live if ever we expect to fulfill Christ’s commission to us in Matthew 28:19-20 and see revival come to our churches. The email asked Southern Baptists to sign a webpage created to show their commitment to the Declaration. Some of those who knew about it prior to its posting had signed already. 5/29/2009 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=77 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=76 I am truly amazed at the excellence of many of our Christian colleges and universities. I serve as a trustee of Union University in Jackson, Tenn., and we have remarkable students from around the world and a first-class faculty to train them. Several times throughout the year we send out graduates who will elevate the professionalism in their respective fields but also who will transform the world with the message of the Gospel. 4/24/2009 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=76 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=75 Our nation has been brought to its knees financially. Now the question is, “How shall we respond?” What, if anything, will we do differently? 2/16/2009 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=75 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=54 My hope for our Convention is simple. It runs upon one premise. It rides upon one purpose. It rests upon one person. My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. 6/13/2006 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=54 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=13 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28 10/1/2001 http://www.morrischapman.com/article.asp?id=13