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Grassroots Guide to Understanding the SBC Spin Doctors

September 23rd, 2011 | 16 Comments

Its exact origin is uncertain, but spin doctor is often used to describe public relations experts as well as political or corporate representatives (emphasis added) whose job it is to put a ‘positive spin’ on events or situations. (“What is a Spin Doctor?”) Before most grassroots Southern Baptists (including me) became aware of SBC President Bryant Wright’s un-constitutional end-run around the messengers and churches that he was elected to serve, Twitter was all abuzz Monday night with tweets about the “unofficial” Name Change Task Force that Dr. Wright unilaterally appointed.  In the days following this unprecedented power play, there have been many articles — both pro and con — regarding the name change issue.  For those who may not feel like searching the internet for all the pertinent posts related to the proposed name change study, I would direct you to a new webpage (here) compiled … Read entire article »

Filed under: Religion, Southern Baptist Convention

In the SBC, Silence is No Longer an Option!

September 22nd, 2011 | 8 Comments

If implemented, Wright’s vision of “a radical change in priorities” — which also is the vision of many fellow megachurch pastors — will not only effect changes in leadership and strategy throughout the SBC, but will radically redefine what it means to be a “Cooperating” Southern Baptist church.  Instead of the bottom-up, grass-roots convention that we have been, we will become (if we’re not already there) a top-down, corporate denomination that tells suggests how autonomous state conventions and local churches should act.  That’s not the kind of hope and change that this Southern Baptist pastor wants to embrace! (Radically Reprioritizing and Redefining the SBC) When I wrote those words on July 15, 2010 — on what would have been my dad’s 75th birthday – I did not realize just how quickly and thoroughly that … Read entire article »

Filed under: Religion, Southern Baptist Convention

The Radical Redefintion of the SBC: Part 2

September 21st, 2011 | 21 Comments

That didn’t take long.  What many of us predicted would be the next phase in the destruction radical redefinition of the Southern Baptist Convention has now begun.  With the unilateral appointment of a Name Change Task Force by SBC President Bryant Wright, the stage has been set for what will turn out to be one of the most divisive battles that the SBC has ever seen.  Not content with taking control of the new North American Mission Board, the SBC elites are intent on dismantling the Southern Baptist Convention as we now know it.  For those same elites, that is a good thing.  For the majority of grassroots Southern Baptists, not so much.  So much for the unity that was promised with the passage of the GCR.  Funny how real hope and change don’t always … Read entire article »

Filed under: Great Commission Resurgence, Politics, Religion, Southern Baptist Convention

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