EDITOR’S NOTE — This editorial was written by Jennifer Davis Rash, president and editor-in-chief of TAB Media Group, which publishes The Baptist Paper and The Alabama Baptist. The article originally appeared at thealabamabaptist.org and was published in the May 28 edition of The Alabama Baptist newspaper.
Let’s chat about Al Mohler’s “truth and unity” amendment coming to the floor of the SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando in June.
If you are attending the meeting and planning to vote as a messenger, I encourage you to read the amendment’s wording carefully and consider all aspects of what it means before casting your vote.
Also, be cautious about the title because many times messengers are fearful of looking rebellious if they vote against something labeled like this amendment is. The first time I recognized a marketing strategy behind the name of a particular item to be voted on by SBC messengers was in 2009 (and 2010) related to the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force.
Think about how hard it would be to raise your ballot against something labeled as the Great Commission. Others have mentioned the same concern through the years.
