The article is more about one of the factions trying to impose it’s view on the other and the disagreements therein.
“The article is more about one of the factions trying to impose it’s view on the other and the disagreements therein.”
Which is why I said the SBC has “been there and done that”. This has all happened before in the life of the organization. Nothing new here. It will work itself out, as did the other. It’s just a distraction.
I was responding in part to the idea that the SBC would go the way of these liberal organizations. I do not see that at all because there’s too much built-in accountability to the local churches. The SBC in and of itself is accountable to the local church congregations which affiliate. BTW, Fred Luter, by all accounts is as Biblical a preacher as one could want. Those who object to what he said about “supporting his president” need not read into that anything other than a patriotic support for the office and conviction to pray for the person in that office. He’s made it clear that he disagrees vehemently with Obama on the one key issue of gay marriage, though he likely wasn’t asked to enumerate all the areas in which he parts ways with the current Pres.