Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Will Tennessee Baptists See This Headline in the Future?

The Associated Baptist Press headline from Friday, October 27th reads, "Missouri Baptist committee wants to boot 18 churches with ties to moderates". The feud sounds familiar:
"The convention has been roiled for years by bitter dissent between moderates and fundamentalists, who solidified their control of the body's leadership in 2001. Since then, many moderate churches have either officially left or severely limited their support for the convention."
Depending upon your point of view, this is a case of a. "Good riddance, we prefer doctinal purity" b. "We're taking our toys and going elsewhere, enough is enough" or c. "If you don't pay, you don't play (it really IS about the money)". What word will Missouri use to replace the word "cooperative" in the term "Cooperative Program"? "Uncooperative Program" does have a historical, protestant, Baptist ring to it... let's hope that we're never sorry enough for it to come to that.

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