At the behest of the Mrs we did a Methodist experiment for a few years. I liked the local church it was not a younger crowd and pretty conservative. The pastor was good too. I started to research the conventions and where the money went. I realized that the members basically ignored those facts since they were older and were just happy on a local level. The pastor agreed with my findings and said that is why he chooses smaller, rural churches even though he had enough seniority to serve a larger church (more $$$). He said it was not the same UMC he was called to 30 years ago and may end up splitting.
I told the wife the experiment was over and we went back to SBC church.
I’m with you on the SBC . . . .if they cave on the social issues I’m for our church not associating with the convention and if our church doesn’t stand up for righteousness, I’ll be looking elsewhere. This go along to get along stuff has to stop. . . .as in the “lukewarm church”.