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- Description:
- This forum was part of the Ministry with the Small Rural Church Workshop. Quentin Lockwood was Director of the Rural Missions Department of the Home Mission Board. Robert E. Wiley Robert E. Wiley was Associates Director of the Rural Missions Department in the Associational Missions Division of the Home Mission Board. Sara Ann Hobbs was the Director of the Division of Missions for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. The forum begins with introduction from all the speakers and the students participating (0:00:00-0:09:46). The moderator opens the forum for questions and topics for discussion, and he gives an opening talk about the importance of the church (0:09:47-0:16:55). Throughout most of the forum, the speakers and students discuss various topics of which include the definition of a small church, the needs of small churches, and the future of small churches (0:16:56-1:59:21). The conversation begins to wrap up, and the moderator thanks everyone for coming and contributing to the forum (1:59:22-2:02:23).
- Subject:
- Rural clergy, Church renewal, and Small churches
- Creator:
- Hobbs, Sara Ann, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wiley, Robert E., and Lockwood, Quentin
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- November 2, 1982
- Resource type:
- Text and Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Conference_Forum_1982-11-02
- Description:
- This message was part of the Ministry with the Small Rural Church Workshop. Quentin Lockwood was Director of the Rural Missions Department of the Home Mission Board. The conference begins with Lockwood introducing himself, and he gives the title of his lecture, “The Call of the Small” (00:00-00:48). Lockwood begins his lecture with the subject of calling, and he reminds the audience that the call of God comes to people regardless of location or size of service (00:49-05:45). Lockwood moves the subject of “small,” and he lays out the demographic numbers of Southern Baptist churches across America (05:46-09:30). Lockwood gives six factors on the size of churches, and the first is knowing everyone in the congregation, the second is the relationships among members, the third is the transiency of pastors, the fourth is financial resources, the fifth is the pastor’s workload, and the sixth is congregational leadership (09:31-20:35). Lockwood speaks about the many advantages of being a small church pastor throughout the rest of his lecture (20:36-47:05).
- Subject:
- Church renewal--Southern Baptist Convention, Sociology, Rural--Religious aspects--Christianity, and Rural churches
- Creator:
- Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Lockwood, Quentin
- Location:
- Wake Forest (N.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- November 2, 1982
- Resource type:
- Text and Audio
- Identifier:
- SEBTS_Conference_Quentin_Lockwood_1982-11-02