Willy Rice is looking to late September. At the time he talked with the Illinois Baptist, Rice was on a brief trip, gathering his thoughts and outlining his first address to the SBC’s Executive Committee next month.
Three days after Willy Rice was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, he sat down for five questions. Here’s what he had to say.
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The question I hear most frequently in the days following a significant convention governance or relationship vote is some variation of, “What’s going to happen?”
“The Southern Baptist Convention has been taking it on the chin this week, and I’ve heard it from several different directions. So I felt led to defend the SBC.”
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“I don’t think it says anything about anyone teaching Sunday School or missionary service. … And by that I mean it doesn’t intend to. It’s not addressing those situations at all.” —Albert Mohler speaking June 10 about proposed amendment to SBC constitution
Mohler’s proposed constitutional amendment about pastoral qualifications passed after a short discussion and balloting at the SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, June 10.
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