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To: HonkyTonkMan

The SBC literature is often not very interesting to read too though it’s mostly biblically-based.


15 posted on 09/06/2017 8:07:30 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: Theodore R.
Good point - the SBC educational framework is solid. Where they are going wrong is in two areas:

1. Focus on social issues such as BLM and race. SBC loses focus and people like the Ethics guy (forgot his name) try to appease every new SJW cause d'jour. SBC is not built for this and it will not win this battle.

2. Lack of engagement. Many SBC churches stand in non-Caucasian neighborhoods. Yet, put your nose in the front door and the congregation looks nothing like the neighborhood.
Two sizable SBC churches I attended loved to talk up raising young men, teach our boys to be men, yet no fathers would volunteer to chaperone camps. Again, lack of engagement.

To summarize, the SBC is broke. It's playing with fire bending to the culture, appeasing the world. It's a shame this is happening bc there are many great resources in the SBC, including a strong educational foundation. Perhaps the leaders can refocus on the Word and find ways to engage.

20 posted on 09/06/2017 9:04:25 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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