Little by little the Baptists’ true colors are coming out.
This is what happens when Baptists get organized.
“Little by little the Baptists’ true colors are coming out.”
Hey, there. Don’t be judging all Baptists by what the goofy SBC does. We INDEPENDENT Baptists are, for the most part, very fundamental. SBC goes off the deep end every couple of decades, gets reined in and behaves for a while, then goes whack-o again. Sounds like they’re moving back into whack-o mode again.
SBC is just too organized. When the leaders make decrees and statements and allegedly speak for all Baptists, it’s too much like the pope thing; we don’t like it. Free will and independence is best.
America has millions of Baptists. Most of the ones I know and have known are wonderful Christians. What do you mean about “true colors”?
Yep. I was a Baptist for all of my adult life....more than 40 years. I stopped about two years ago. The SBC is the main reason.
On the topic....it does concern me that the SBC seems to be going squishy on what’s good for our nation.
I go to a Baptist church. Due to some issues with child care for our disabled daughter, we recently changed churches. The one we moved from identified as a Southern Baptist church...but you had to be there to know that. Nothing in the name or outside signage said so. However, I had never heard any of the talking points from the SBC repeated in my old church.
In the new church, I don’t know if they identify as Southern Baptist. Again, in the short time I’ve been there, I haven’t heard anything aligning with the SBC. People don’t seem to discuss politics much at our new church. The preaching I’ve heard has been Gospel-centric and in line with the Bible.
Tomorrow, after service, the pastor is having a welcome lunch for new members where he says he will outline the vision of our church. I’ll be there, and I hope to get a clearer understanding of what my church is all about.