“Obviously the severing of relationship after so many years is unfortunate and gives the world-at-large another reason to conclude that Baptists care more about putting people out than gathering them in.”
Julie Pennington-Russell
The senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga., was responding to the decision of the Georgia Baptist Convention to end its 148-year-old relationship with her congregation because it hired a woman as senior pastor She was quoted by Associated Baptist Press. (RNS)
“We’re trying to build a coalition to get us to Orlando. You need to go to Orlando. This next convention is mega-important. The next two or three decades of Southern Baptist life could hinge on what is embraced or rejected in Orlando.”
Ronnie Floyd
The chair of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, which is studying the denomination’s future, was responding to questions from Illinois pastors about the task force, which is to present a recommendation at the SBC’s annual meeting in Orlando next summer. (BP)