Best and worst lines from the Convention --- from the same guy!
Special congratulations to Frank Page as our new SBC President. Timmy Brister noted rightly that this seems to be more a vote against the establishment SBCers than it was for Frank Page. Although I voted for Jerry Sutton, it was clear that the other nominees jumped on the fact that Ronnie Floyd's church gave only 0.27% of their annual budget to the Cooperative Program. Frank Page's church gives over 12%.
The best and the worst lines of the convention came from Frank Page's nominator, Forrest Pollock, pastor of Bell Shoals Baptist Church in Brandon, Fla.. The best was this: "My father could not spell SBC President without the letters 'CP'." As he concluded his nomination speech with that line, everyone applauded profusely --- and I knew right then who had won. Page garnered just over 50% of the votes, while Floyd and Sutton each had around 25%.
But he also gave the worst, as noted, "This vote is not about theology, but methodology." Are they mutually exclusive? To most Southern Baptists, they must be. In fact, I'm convinced that for too many Southern Baptists, theology doesn't drive anything! But theology (what we believe about God) drives everything. If theology is not driving your methodology, I'm not interested in your methodology.
What think ye?
The best and the worst lines of the convention came from Frank Page's nominator, Forrest Pollock, pastor of Bell Shoals Baptist Church in Brandon, Fla.. The best was this: "My father could not spell SBC President without the letters 'CP'." As he concluded his nomination speech with that line, everyone applauded profusely --- and I knew right then who had won. Page garnered just over 50% of the votes, while Floyd and Sutton each had around 25%.
But he also gave the worst, as noted, "This vote is not about theology, but methodology." Are they mutually exclusive? To most Southern Baptists, they must be. In fact, I'm convinced that for too many Southern Baptists, theology doesn't drive anything! But theology (what we believe about God) drives everything. If theology is not driving your methodology, I'm not interested in your methodology.
What think ye?
posted by Matthew R. Perry at 6/14/2006 07:12:00 AM
4 Comments:
I think you are mischaraterising his statement about theology. His point is that we all share a common conservative theology. That's a no-brainer among the three. He was offering up a different method to doing things which is actually the method that makes most SBC churches actually SBC and not nondenominational. The CP.
Dear Brother Mark,
I agree that this election was a referendum on the CP. Most messengers still believe it is one of the central points of our cooperation. Sutton's and Floyd's records on CP giving are too weak, and now bloggers are not letting such things go unnoticed.
Love in Christ,
Jeff
Tally:
I remember the context, and I will grant you that the sentence away from the context could be misused. According to Bro. Forrest, they all had basically the same theology, so that wasn't the issue. But I always cringe when preachers and pastors give the impression that theology and methodology are mutually exclusive.
Thank you for your point.
Agree with you Matt! I think our methodology always flows out of our theology. Actually, now that I think about it, what doesn't?
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