Registration Is Open for 2010!

If you would like a registration form emailed to you, please email us at deep.south.founders@gmail.com,  or you may register online at here.

2010 Deep South Regional Founders Conference

God’s Glory Displayed: The Works of God

Decrees • Creation • Providence

In the first chapter of the Book of Romans the Apostle Paul points out to us that all men know that there is a God even if they do not acknowledge him because, “For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world.” (Romans 1:19-20) Paul tells us that God does this so that we are without an excuse. John Calvin states that when we are filled with the knowledge of God that our lives will change so dramatically that our sole aim in life will be to “to acknowledge, laud, and celebrate the magnificence of His works.” (Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2.8.16)

It is this goal in mind that we will join together again for the 2010 Deep South Regional Founders Conference. We seek to know and worship our God more fully and celebrate his works that are displayed in his decrees, creation and providence.

January 14-16, 2010

Reformed Theological Seminary

Grace Baptist Church, Jackson

Special Guest:

Dr. Steve Lawson

Dr. Steven J. Lawson

“True religion will direct our minds to the living God. When duly imbued with the knowledge of Him, the whole aim of our lives will be to revere, fear, and worship His majesty, to enjoy a share in His blessings, to have recourse to Him in every difficulty, to acknowledge, laud, and celebrate the magnificence of His works, to make Him, as it were, the sole aim of all our actions.” -John Calvin (Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2.8.16)

1. The Perfect Nature of God’s Decree:
His Character & Nature – Rev. Yogi Taylor

2. The Redemptive Nature of God’s Decree:
Predestination & Election in Christ – Rev. Rodney Sanders

3. God’s Decrees & the Free Agency of Man
God’s Sovereignty & Man’s Responsibility – Rev. James Clardy

4. The Effectual Nature of God’s Decree:
Evangelism & Worship – Bro. Bryan Whittington

5. God’s Creation:
The Goodness of What God Made – Dr. Steve Cowan

6. God’s Providence Worked Out for His Glory Alone
The Purpose of God’s Glory – Dr. Steve Lawson

7. God’s Providence Worked Out in His World
God’s Glory Displayed – Dr. Steve Lawson

8. God’s Providence Worked Out in His Church
A Means of God’s Glory – Dr. Steve Lawson

Registration Opening Soon!

Grace Pastor’s Fellowship set for Thursday, June 18, 2009

Dear Pastor and Friends,

This is a special invitation to you to attend the Grace Pastor’s Fellowship set for Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Southside Baptist Church in Fulton, MS. It is our privilege to host the Grace Pastor’s Fellowship this month. We sincerely trust that you will be with us. We are looking forward and trusting GOD for a good day of fellowship together around the Preaching of the Gospel of GOD’s Grace.

8:00 AM Fellowship over coffee and donuts
(for those who arrive early)

10:00 AM Pastor Jim Gables, Trussville, AL

11:00 AM Evangelist Miles McKee, Kingston Springs,TN
http://www.milesmckee.com/index.html

Lunch will be provided by Southside

2:00 PM Pastor Larry Dean, Nesbit, MS

By His Grace,
Bobby Crenshaw, Pastor
Southside Baptist Church
807 Cummings St.
Fulton, MS 38843
Home phone: (662) 862-5669
Cell phone: (662) 891-8290
e-mail: bobbycrenshaw08@yahoo.com

Update 5 on Hannah Taylor

The following was written by our brother Yogi Taylor who is the father of Hannah.  Please go to Yogi’s blog Consuming Christianity for all the details and remember the Hannah Taylor Fund.  Sorry for the late post.

Dear friends,

A brief update…I wanted to let you know that Hannah is doing much better!  It looks like we are still “cancer free!”  We had our latest check up (in May) and all appears to be going well.  During the check up they ran many tests and evaluations.  One test was a CT Scan over the area where the tumor was previously removed, and it all looked clear.  We truly are blessed to see our little girl come through this with such great success!  Lately, there has been some issues of fever.  She has had a high fever for over a week, but yesterday & today she didn’t run fever at all.  So needless to say we are thankful!  We are hoping that whatever was causing the fever is passed.

A note of thanks…  We have been tremendously supported by family members, friends, churches, and folks we’ve never met.  Our family can not adequately express the gratitude we have for your many prayers, notes, calls, and visits!  I have tried my best to express this but fear that I fall terribly short.  Please know that we are very, very thankful for all of your encouragement!  God Bless you all!

–
Loving the Logos,
Yogi Taylor

No National Conference but Don’t Forget Deep South

This just in from the National Founders Conference, “The National Founders Conference will not not meet this summer.”

You can read more about it here. http://bit.ly/oVtOH

One of the four reasons that were given was how well the Regional Founders Conferences were doing.  Not to blow our own horn here, but as for the Deep South Regional Founders Conferences, we are doing quite well.  We had a great turn out this year in an economic downturn.  The participation was great and fellowship was encouraging.  With the downturn in the economy and a change in venue, we were concerned that the turn out would be low.  However, the Lord blessed us beyond measure and we had a great year.

We will be sending out a newsletter soon that will give more updates to next year’s conference.  If you are not on our mailing list (email or snail mail), please drop me a line at deep.south.founders@gmail.com and I would be happy to put you on the list.

Next year’s special guest is Dr. Steve Lawson at Christ Fellowship Baptist Church and New Reformation Ministries.  We are really excited about Dr. Lawson joining us for our 3rd Annual Deep South Regional Founders Conference next year, January 14-16, 2010.  Please mark your calendars and keep up with us here and our periodic newsletters.

Follow Us On Twitter

You knew it was bound to happen. Deep South Founders is on Twitter. You can follow us at http://twitter.com/Deep_S_Founders Obviously, you will have to set up a Twitter account to follow us, but you can also check our updates here at our blog. Look for the Twitter updates on the right side under the links section. Enjoy.

Update 4 Hannah Taylor

The following is an email from Bro. Yogi Taylor about their great news. Please go to Yogi’s blog Consuming Christianity for all the details and remember the Hannah Taylor Fund that we mention at the end of this post.

Dear friends, it was a little over a week ago when I e-mail you asking for your prayers for our little Hannah. I am e-mailing you again, only this time to inform you that our many prayers have been heard. She is now cancer free! Please go to http://consumingchristianity.wordpress.com/ and read in detail what the doctors have said. We are overwhelmed with joy at this news and look forward to spending many more years with our little Hannah.

Thank you so much for your prayers… all of you who prayed, your churches, Bible studies, prayer meetings, etc… We thank you so much and praise God that he saw fit to take us through this trial! It might sound strange but we really count ourselves blessed to have been under this kind of trial (not that we are looking for more)… but my prayer is that we would endure and persevere to the end (whatever end that would be). Thank God for the stories that have a good ending!

Please help spread the good news of our little Hannah and how God saw fit to spare her! I pray it will be encouraging to all!

–
Loving the Logos,
Yogi Taylor

DeepSouth:

Please Remember that there is still a fund set up at Saraland Baptist Church to help the Taylor’s with their financial burden that they will have.

Contributions may be made to Saraland Baptist Church with the “for” line of the check reading “Hannah Taylor Fund.”

The church’s mailing address is:

Saraland Baptist Church
P.O. Box 749
Saraland, Alabama 36571

Update on Hannah Taylor 3 – The Hannah Taylor Fund

As we wait for more information about Hannah’s condition, I wanted to let you know about a fund that has been set for the Taylors to help pay for medical cost and expenses that they have incurred and will incur in the coming months as they continue to treat their daughter, Hannah.  Please keep them in your prayers as they seek to glorify God as they do in all other aspects of their lives.

The following is from Saraland Baptist Church with a request for you to help a dear family in Christ:

Dear Friends:

As most of you know, Hannah Taylor, Yogi and Kelli Taylor’s daughter, underwent serious surgery on Friday to remove a neuroblastoma tumor from her body as well as bone marrow from both hips, and samples from the lymph nodes to see if the cancer had spread. She will be in the hospital at least ten days.

Although Yogi and Kelli have health insurance, the costs of deductibles and their part of the medical bills will be substantial (20% of the total cost). Also with this are the costs of staying at the hospital, eating out, etc. With this in mind, a fund has been set up at Saraland Baptist Church in Saraland, Alabama where Yogi is Pastor. You can contribute to the Hannah Taylor Fund and have a real part in helping Yogi and Kelli provide the best possible care for Hannah. Below is a letter from the Chairman of Deacons at Saraland Baptist Church giving details as to how this can be done. Please join us in bringing glory to God by sacrificially giving to help Yogi, Kelli and Hannah in their time of need.

Most Sincerely in Christ,

Kyle Claunch
Jonathan Hill
Thad L. Key

Dear Friends:

Saraland Baptist Church has established the Hannah Taylor Fund to allow our members as well as friends of Yogi to contribute to the expenses this unfortunate cancer surgery has caused.

Contributions may be made to Saraland Baptist Church with the “for” line of the check reading “Hannah Taylor Fund.”
Our church’s mailing address is:

Saraland Baptist Church
P.O. Box 749
Saraland, Alabama 36571

The members of our church covet your prayers for our loved ones and praise Jesus for your sympathy in our Pastor’s time of need.

Autrey D. Key
Chairman of Deacons
Saraland Baptist Church

Update on Hannah Taylor 2

Friends,

Here is an update on Pastor Yogi Taylor’s baby. Praise God for His mercy and goodness!

Thomas Winn

March 22, 2009 – 2:18 am

Dear friends,

As many of you already know, we received the shocking news that our 14 month old baby girl, Hannah, has a tumor.  We found this out on Thursday, Friday we had Surgery, and Saturday we are asking ourselves “what has happened?”  Well, we went through surgery, ICU, and now are awaiting results and orders for our next step.  I have written a post on my blog giving details, updates, how it was revealed that she had this tumor, what kind of tumor it is,and more.  I included some pics for us to enjoy.

Please visit http://consumingchristianity.wordpress.com/ to read about what has happened and for updates on her condition!

Many may get this e-mail and by mistake.  I just sent it to all my contacts… truth be told I am hoping that all of you will be praying for her!  God Bless!

–
Loving the Logos,
Yogi Taylor

Update on Hannah Taylor 1

We received good news about Bro. Yogi Taylor’s daughter, Hannah.  She came through her surgery yesterday very well.  They were able to remove almost all of the tumor.  The doctor’s said that it was a miracle that they were able to find it at such an early stage (stage I).  We have also requested that Yogi try to give us some more updates via his blog when he can.

http://consumingchristianity.wordpress.com/

We will have more updates when we can.