TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Davis,Deryl Ray
TI  - Paradigm shift in missions: A history of Jerry A. Rankin's leadership to embrace Southern Baptist churches in the great commission task 
AV  - BV4070.D261.P373 2011 
PY  - 2011///
KW  - Southern Baptist Convention
KW  - History
KW  - Missions
KW  - Christian leadership
KW  - Great Commission (Bible)
N1  - 1; CD-R, PDF file; 2
N2  - Jerry Allen Rankin served the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board (IMB) for seventeen years. He led the mission agency through a noteworthy paradigm shift in which the IMB grew to embrace local churches to address the Great Commission task together. Rankin led the IMB in the late 1990s into partnership with others to personalize missions for local Southern Baptist churches.  Personalization Discovery Days, a 2002 internal study, revealed significant lessons demanding attention.  Specifically, the IMB had failed to relate effectively to supporting churches. Further, churches had much to offer in the Great Commission task beyond sending and supporting missionaries.  The IMB developed and provided training for IMB personnel to address the ethos and skills necessary to relate to partners effectively
ER  -