Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, marked a milestone this morning (Sept. 16) at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His chapel sermon to students and others on the Louisville, Kentucky, campus means he has now filled the role of chapel speaker in all six Southern Baptist seminaries during his nearly 25 years serving Alabama Baptists through his role at the State Board. He also has spoken in chapel at Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham on numerous occasions.
Preaching from Titus, Lance shared four points on Christian Leadership in Chaotic Times — how to live in the present world (2:11–12), how to look at prospects of the future (2:13), how to be liberated from the past (2:14) and how to lead people (2:15).
Faithful support of Cooperative Program
Southern Seminary president Al Mohler led those in attendance to a lengthy and robust applause of Lance as the representative of Alabama Baptist churches.
The Alabama Baptist State Convention’s consistent and faithful giving through the Cooperative Program has been an important part of Southern Seminary, Mohler explained, noting Alabama Baptists have given $50 million to Southern during the last 100 years.
“Every dollar Alabama Baptists gave is a dollar we didn’t have to charge students,” he said. “If you were to rewind history and take out the generous contribution of Alabama Baptists through the CP, we would not be sitting here today as we are.
“We can’t thank every one of the 3,250 churches (in Alabama) today,” Mohler said. “We want to and we can thank the leader of the State Board of Missions … we can thank Dr. Lance and hope he will take it back to Alabama.”
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