One Comment to 'Does the Baptist environmental shift portend bigger changes?'
Subscribe to comments with RSS or TrackBack to 'Does the Baptist environmental shift portend bigger changes?'.
:: Trackbacks/Pingbacks ::
No Trackbacks/Pingbacks
Does the Baptist environmental shift portend bigger changes?
Posted By katie allison granju
Russ McBee thinks mebbe so:
It seems even the Southern Baptist Convention, who’ve been GOP loyalists for decades now, have finally begun to see that their adoptive political home isn’t so welcoming after all. Maybe now the fundamentalists will begin to realize just exactly how their erstwhile political allies in the GOP have been fleecing the flock all these years
Mar 11th, 2008
I think the environmental statement from the SBC is nothing but a sop to a vocal minority within the church. Remember, this is a church body that will do nothing to help parishioners (some of whom are children) who have been molested by their ordained ministers. They do nothing because they say that the way their hierarchy is set up they cannot dictate plans of action on this issue to their member churches. Regarding their stance on the Environment, I have been a reluctant member of the Baptist Church all of my life and the teachings I learned there include the belief that the lifespan of the Earth is finite and determined by the end-times which many believe are near. Understanding that belief is key to understanding that this is no change that will have a lasting impact. And, again, with their hierarchy set up the way it is, they will not be able to push down the teaching of any belief that is not specifically mentioned in the Bible to their member churches. Child sexual abuse and Environmentalism are just two of the things that fit in this category. Sorry, but this is just an example of lip service to make themselves more attractive to the un-churched and increase their declining membership numbers.