Comments on: What I am praying to see in the SBC: the Conservative Resurgence Task Force of the SBC

By: Marsha Fisher

Marsha Fisher — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:49:13 +0000

The reality is the majority of our churches are content to just pray and give. The churches that actively want to plant churches are still relatively small in number compared to the average SB church. What % of our SBC churches have planted a church or taken a mission trip in the last 5 years. While I would prefer to see them get on board with missions and church planting personally, at the very least I would like for them to continue to pray and give. My concern is that as you return this responsibility to the local church, many local churches will find reasons why they can’t do it and ultimately the funding we have been receiving for our missionaries and church plants will disappear.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:12:17 +0000

Shoot. If we are going to get rid of something lets get rid of the word “Southern.” That word is outdated, inaccurate, and extremely regional for a convention that is trying to make disciples of all nations.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:19:29 +0000

Yes, conventions and cooperation are both great and biblical. However, as you said, denominations are not. Why can’t we just drop the name “Baptist” out of “SBC” and replace it with something that points to Christ?
Would it be so terrible to just call ourselves what the Apostles called themselves in Scripture, and what the first church called itself? It’s not like the Christians didn’t have disagreements back then in the first church. Sometimes they even parted ways to minister. Regardless, what we call ourselves by to the world should point to Christ first, no matter how great John the Baptist was or how wonderful baptism is. The SBC needs to let its name point to the one it (allegedly) serves.
Then again, maybe dropping the name without changing the underlying reasons why it is there in the first place would be like giving aspirin to a gunshot victim, like treating the symptoms instead of the illness. On second thought… keep the name… a conservative resurgence wouldn’t be the same without one.