The relative quiet nature of issues within our disfunctional family of Tennessee Baptists means that the mainstream press will have little to say. Robert Markus' Associated Baptist Press coverage zeroed in on the 2000BFM affirmation motion. Nathan Finn over at The Fullness of Time blog takes issue with Robert Markus' substituting "vitriolic rhetoric--for journalism". That sounds a little harsh to me, but who am I to accuse someone else of being abrasive. (I do endorse the use of the word vitriolic... it has a nice Baptist-ic ring to it).
The official voice of Southern Baptists, BPNews, is busy headlining South Africa's gay marriage bill, Intelligent Design in Ohio, Darwinism in Pennsylvania, and embezzling pastors in Texas. There is a State Annual Meeting Roundup 2006 page on their site, but there is no mention of Tennessee (yet). There is one story that caught my attention: Canadian Southern Baptists consider changing their name. No official recommendation will be heard for some time and the words "Canadian" and "Baptist" seem safe for now. I'll suggest one to follow the spineless change of "Baptist Sunday School Board" to "Lifeway" (yes, that still bugs me)... Why not, "Canadian Lifeway Baptist Convention, Eh?"
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