Kevin Smith

Pastor at Family Church Village

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

Saints, when discussing tense matters with fellow Christ-followers, it can be helpful to (1) use biblical language & paradigms, avoiding secular combat rhetoric & (2) engage as a family member seeking to persuade, rather than a lobbyist or activist seeking to maneuver an opponent

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

in my early 20s I didn’t always get my late-pastor’s mood about Christianity in the U.S. But I’ve understood over the decades

For example, the indifference towards, or the tolerance of, or the affirmation of Jeroboam’s “alternatives” (in some circles) is interesting to observe🤷🏽‍♂️

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

@scottmaze challenging 👍🏾

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

In a society of chameleons and expedient compromisers, I’m very thankful to have friends, colleagues, and acquaintances, who have been stable in their “constitution” for decades; especially those who are my brothers/sisters-in-Christ

The young-me didn’t know that would be a gift

[Paul Chitwood @DrPaulChitwood]

78 more adults & kids just finished 7 weeks of training and will now launch to the nations! Celebrate with us 181 years of uninterrupted Southern Baptist missionary sending through @IMB_SBC!

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

@claysmith79 also, if you’re 25 in our denom, you’ve grown up around a decade+ of leaders debating Christian political engagement and ecclesiology (women). That certainly doesn’t feel stable in an already unstable society.

A perceived cohesiveness contrasts with politicized divisiveness 🤷🏽‍♂️

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

@claysmith79 - many low-church Protestants don’t set themselves in historic, confessional (as Reformers did)
- RC never went through “let’s build churches that don’t look like churches” or concert-liturgy style
- new/better/reimagined aren’t buzzwords
- their clergy not diluted multitaskers

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

Even when it’s necessary to assert clarifying distinctives, it’s always helpful to remind ourselves and others of the positive Acts1:8 missiological motivation and thrust of our efforts.

Thankful to have been in unified places over my decades: TN, KY, MD/DE, & FL

#MainThing

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

@KentuckyBaptist have given many things to the broader SBC - one being helpful, needed, and unifying "tent pegs" for Ephesians4:3 unity

- biblical authority
- Baptist Faith & Message
- Great Commission zeal ...
- ... financially fueled by Cooperative Program

#theCommonwealth

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

@KentuckyBaptist have given many things to the broader SBC - one being helpful, needed, and unifying "tent pegs" for Ephesians4:3 unity

- biblical authority
- Baptist Faith & Message
- Great Commission zeal ...
- ... financially fueled by Cooperative Program

#theCommonwealth

[Paul Chitwood @DrPaulChitwood]

Grateful for the generosity of South Carolina Baptists and the leadership of Executive Director Tony Wolfe in underwriting the renovation of @imb_sbc missionary housing at our training center. So blessed to see state convention partners caring for Southern Baptists’ missionaries

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

@drandrewhebert Grace to you, Brother 👍🏾

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

@deaninserra 🤣

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

There is no immunity. I guess everyone has a bad @Delta day at some point 🤷🏽‍♂️✈️

At the texts let you regulate your emotions 🤣🤣🤷🏽‍♂️

But 12 texts makes one want to use some non-Baptist words. 🤐

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

Young people just don’t know 🤷🏽‍♂️ there were ambulances at Michael Jackson concerts (globally) 🌏 folk would faint and pass out when he took the stage 🤯 doubt there’s a contemporary comparison.

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

@loisromano @SimonBooks 👍🏾 she’s in the history of my church - Main Street Baptist, Lexington KY

#TeamHistory

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

Music is amazing - Black, White, Asian, Latin, old, young, condo millionaires, the homeless, the locals, the tourists - they all know the choreography for My Girl! 🕺🏽💃🏽 Temptations are Americana👏🏾

With divisions in our nation, concerts always paint an interesting picture to me

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

Saints, you’re not surprised. Scripture is clear about the temptations of idolatry, syncretism, inclusivism, doubt, & apostasy. The history of those claiming Christianity provides many illustrations of yielding to temptation.

Be Luke9:23
Resist hypocrisy
Lukewarm sucks (Rev3:16)

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

#OneYearBible

“You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. Justice, and only justice, you shall follow …”
Deuteronomy 16:19-20

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

@DerwinLGray and it was college stuff - seniors that knew/gelled with each other … oh, and “bigs” that play BIG 🤣🏀🏀💪🏾

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

@deaninserra 🙌🏾

[Kevin Smith @smithbaptist]

I’m petty. 😀 I was at church (Good Friday), but feel good that South Carolina won tonight.

My daughter went to Louisville. Their women have been national runner-ups twice (2009, 2013); both times losing to … UConn 🏀🏀

Louisville also made Final Four in ‘18 and ‘22. 🏀🏀