As I made the nine-hour trek from Pennsylvania to Indianapolis for the 2024 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, I never could have imagined what a dynamic learning experience it would turn out to be.
“No, no, no. Not him!” was my first thought when I heard the tragic story. It was one of my close pastor friends who was terminated from a church. I couldn’t believe the news. “Why, God? Why?”
“To truly understand and attack the problem of crippling decline looming large over the future of the SBC will require Southern Baptists to embrace two radical steps,” says Chuck Kelley, president emeritus of New Orleans Seminary.
While the goal of the Law Amendment is to bring clarity, Dani Bryson insists that it will bring chaos instead, as it will expand the role of the Credentials Committee beyond any necessary use.
I love the Southern Baptist Convention because it tethers missional passion to confessional fidelity. Confessional fidelity is why I am in favor of the Law Amendment.