Southern Baptists blame it on the blogs
Politics
Denominational infighting among Southern Baptists: Anonymous post (22-Aug-07), Page and Rankin: Endorsements retracted [re-publication of Frank Page (22-Aug-07), For Christ’s sake, stop!, Baptist Press, online at sbcbaptistpress.org], SBCOutpost [Southern Baptist News & Commentary], online at sbcoutpost.com (accessed 23-
We all know the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) operates as a right-wing machine for politicized religion – and as an organization that remains exquisitely committed to bottling up internal dissent, as you can see from SBC President Frank Page's words in this post from August 22, 2007, which was published at SBCOutpost.com (a blog relaunched on July 2, 2007, ostensibly as a place to air SBC issues, e.g., discuss "church revitalization and denominational reform").
Church conflict is rampant. Seldom does a day go by that I do not receive a call for help from either a church, a pastor or staff member. Recently I received three in one day. And, there seems to be a new way to deal with church conflict. These days, increasing numbers of church members launch websites detailing allegations, accusations and complaints. I ask church members this question: Do you think lost people see this? When newspaper reporters are called and church conflict becomes known in the newspaper, either locally or nationally, what do you think this does when lost people read it? For Christ's sake, for the sake of the lost, stop!
"Lost people"? He means you and I, whose lives and spirituality fail to conform to his preferences. Just possibly, perhaps, the monger should humble himself to consider the content of those "conflicts" he's hearing?




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