tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post7029942523991656013..comments2024-03-17T16:21:14.907-05:00Comments on Stop Baptist Predators: Why the BGCT?Christa Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-50296590459019525422007-10-27T12:03:00.000-05:002007-10-27T12:03:00.000-05:00Phyllis: In line with your thoughts, someone once ...Phyllis: In line with your thoughts, someone once said something like this: "45,000 autonomous Southern Baptist churches and on Sunday morning they're all autonomously teaching Sunday School with identical materials sent from Nashville."Christa Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-24475325539600991142007-10-26T22:59:00.000-05:002007-10-26T22:59:00.000-05:00Christa,Some things will never change. I am begin...Christa,<BR/>Some things will never change. I am beginning to think the SBC and the BGCT will never change. You wonder some time what would it really take -- I don't think until something happens to one of their children or someone they are very close to, will anyone at the SBC change the way they think.<BR/><BR/>Plus, I really believe the top dogs are the ones who make all the rules. Each church might be autonomous but they still play by those rules. I do not believe that any member of an SBC church really opposes anyone or any action that has come directly from those at the top.<BR/><BR/>Messengers might come to the yearly convention, and they might even vote, but how many of those people really keep up with the top dogs and what they are up to and have they carried out the wishes of the messengers, the voting body. I don't think so.<BR/><BR/>So, until the people in the local churches quit putting their pastors on pedestals and feel they can do no wrong, and quit believing that all people in ministry must be good decent people, then no change will ever take place.<BR/><BR/>Just rambling. All that you write about just reinforces my decision to leave the Southern Baptist Church. <BR/>PhyllisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com