Your best. Yet.. you have described well the reason that after some 50 years I am no longer a southern Baptist… because if I had needed a bishop I would have been another ilk. So I’ll just decide to be a bible believer who seeks to know Him and proclaim salvation. Thanks Pastor Mike.
Seems to parallel with the overall direction of most politics in our nation. I guess in some ways it’s just progressivism. Although I assume the leadership of the SBC feels very much that they are trying to bear the weight to conserve their creedal ideologies (scapegoating women in or not so in pastoral roles). I guess it seems to make the question of what is worthy of conserving? Is it more right to conserve the freedom of each churches own cooperation (confession) or to conserve the current leaderships viewpoint that is more stanch and seems to be more, in my option, an issue of doctrinal and more likely theological differences (creed).
I may be biased as an Associational Missions Strategist, but I do believe the local Association has an extremely important role going forward, especially in moving us back to the centrality of the local church. Thank you for this!
I agree completely! If lBaptist associations can cast a robust and meaningful vision, I believe they have a bright future. Local connections always trump distant ones.
Your best. Yet.. you have described well the reason that after some 50 years I am no longer a southern Baptist… because if I had needed a bishop I would have been another ilk. So I’ll just decide to be a bible believer who seeks to know Him and proclaim salvation. Thanks Pastor Mike.
Outstanding!
Seems to parallel with the overall direction of most politics in our nation. I guess in some ways it’s just progressivism. Although I assume the leadership of the SBC feels very much that they are trying to bear the weight to conserve their creedal ideologies (scapegoating women in or not so in pastoral roles). I guess it seems to make the question of what is worthy of conserving? Is it more right to conserve the freedom of each churches own cooperation (confession) or to conserve the current leaderships viewpoint that is more stanch and seems to be more, in my option, an issue of doctrinal and more likely theological differences (creed).
I may be biased as an Associational Missions Strategist, but I do believe the local Association has an extremely important role going forward, especially in moving us back to the centrality of the local church. Thank you for this!
I agree completely! If lBaptist associations can cast a robust and meaningful vision, I believe they have a bright future. Local connections always trump distant ones.
Thanks Mike for sharing the urgency of seeing our beloved SBC return to the focus and ministries of the local church.