Seeking to disfellowship Atlanta's Druid Hills Baptist Church, the Georgia Baptist Convention (GBC) is fleeing present reality. The GBC executive committee recommended that change at its March 16 meeting and Shelia M. Poole of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote today:
“It seems sad that they decided to go backwards in time,” said the 52-year-old Mimi Walker, a former missionary in the Philippines. “I’m not sure what the value is of trying to go back in time when women were held in subservience.”
The overarching result, not value, is a steadily smaller, more strictly Batholic and of course less diverse Southern Baptist Convention.
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I'm grateful for the publicity of this story, that so much media is recognizing it. Too many milestones of the SBC takeover were ignored, as were those of the GBC.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be surprised if the GBC backs off. Many Georgia Baptists are faithful adherents of Baptist history and the denomination's stand for religious freedom in America. Conservative Baptists, for the most part, have common sense.
The abortion and homosexuality issues are controversial, but a barrier to denominational fellowship is likely to get the dander up for every freedom loving Baptist.
A public hassle may be the best thing for Baptists to re-examine what their parents and grandparents stood for.