Fifteen years ago, Southern Baptists rallied around a simple, biblical conviction: we must send. Out of the Great Commission Resurgence emerged a fresh strategy – Send North America (now called Send Network) – to help churches plant evangelistic, Bible-anchored congregations in the places of greatest need.
I remember those early days well. Our church launched in late 2009; and though I didn’t have an SBC background, we affiliated with the SBC for two reasons that still ring true: the Cooperative Program, and the SBC’s renewed commitment to historic, conservative doctrine. That recommitment set the stage for a decade and a half of united, cooperative mission.
