[Mr Rogers]

“I have lived in Texas all my life and attended all sorts of churches, from independent Baptist to Episcopalian. I have never seen a Confederate flag in any of these churches.”

Then a resolution calling for it to not be flown will not affect you in any way.

“Anglo-Southern culture is as much a part of their heritage as African-American culture is part of the heritage of historically black denominations.”

The church is called to spread the gospel, not to promote “Anglo-southern culture”. And in the western US, a number of SBC churches do not include “southern” in their name because it drives people away.

[Wallace T.]

Churches affiliated with the SBC have supported missions for well over a century. No doubt the funds originally came from Confederate veterans, their wives, and later their children and grandchildren. No doubt some of the gifts to the Lottie Moon offering were made by supporters of segregation. Most of the monies went to support missions in nonwhite countries. How did their actions support Anglo-Southern culture?

Many denominations bear the heritage of their heritage. Perhaps the Russian Orthodox Church should renounce their heritage because of the Soviet regime. Should Lutherans denounce their German roots because of Naziism. Hitler himself claimed he was inspired by Luther's anti-Semitic rants. Renouncing the SBC's Southern roots is equally as absurd.

[Wallace T.]

Churches affiliated with the SBC have supported missions for well over a century. No doubt the funds originally came from Confederate veterans, their wives, and later their children and grandchildren. No doubt some of the gifts to the Lottie Moon offering were made by supporters of segregation. Most of the monies went to support missions in nonwhite countries. How did their actions support Anglo-Southern culture?

Many denominations bear the heritage of their heritage. Perhaps the Russian Orthodox Church should renounce their heritage because of the Soviet regime. Should Lutherans denounce their German roots because of Naziism. Hitler himself claimed he was inspired by Luther's anti-Semitic rants. Renouncing the SBC's Southern roots is equally as absurd.