“There is no “main church” to say anything. It doesn’t exist. It is the Southern Baptist CONVENTION, not the Southern Baptist CHURCH.”
So what is the point of this “convention”? Just to meet and party and look good for the press? Sounds like it to me if they are not going to keep their church in order. Sounds like a waste of time.
“So what is the point of this “convention”? Just to meet and party and look good for the press?”
I already answered your question.
The convention itself is a chance for member churches to discuss how to evangelize. For example:
“Challenging days, both in the culture and in the church, call for an unprecedented faithfulness in prayer, Executive Committee President Frank Page told messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Houston June 11.
“Most everyone knows of my most recent efforts in these past months to persuade Scouting leaders to maintain a policy which I believe upholds a commitment to morality. That battle was lost. It broke my heart,” Page said.
“Most of us know that in a few days we can expect the Supreme Court to issue a ruling about the constitutionality of DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act,” he said. “We need to pray like never before. We are under attack. The worldview of God and our Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit is under attack.”
Instead of advancing as it ought, the Southern Baptist Convention in some ways is guilty of sliding backwards, Page said, adding that the world is winning too many battles and “the evil one has splintered God’s people into so many directions that unity is at best an elusive goal.”
Or:
“”Jesus called us to care for the suffering, to care for the least of these. We often overlook them. At times their lives are so disrupted and severe they require intervention. These people and their families are isolated, stigmatized and rejected,” Floyd said.
Floyd cited statistics that 58 million Americans and 450 million persons worldwide suffer from mental disorders and 1 million die from suicide annually. He said churches and communities are filled with people who need Southern Baptists to minister to them and their families.
“It’s time for the SBC to be on the front lines of mental health challenges,” he said.”
If you wish to learn more, try here:
http://www.sbcannualmeeting.net/sbc13/default.asp
Meanwhile...what church are YOU a member of, and what is YOUR agenda here?