There are a lot of good folks at FBC Sburg. On occasion visitting the Upstate I catch Don Wilton on TV while Billy himself is watching. Often some strong preaching.
There is no Gaffney resentment. In the past few years through facebook I've reconnected with several folks in Gaffney one who was in
www.ginnybrant.com 's SS class. My Gaffneyite and fellow Beta club member says that though she doesn't buy the political baggage, as a Christian Ginny is the real deal. Almost every exchange I have with Ginny I tell her to give my regards to her sister Dolly who at Furman had a two year, maybe more romance with a fellow who later embraced the CBF. Dolly has named one of her son's Graham, after Billy. I think that nephew of Ginny is in track to be a Baptist preacher.
So your resentment accusation, notions of envy are wrong.
FBC Sburg, like you, Lee Saunders dropped the ball on Baptist ID. Now they are ill prepared as a community to move a rising very influential person in the World of the Tea Party toward immigration reform, the kind Suzii Paynter and Miguel de La Torre embrace.
Please share this note with your staffer friend at FBC Spartanburg. I will call Trey Gowdy's office in the morning and bring it to their attention. Stewart Simms of Greer, his legacy, could improve the justice witness of FBC Spartanburg, like I imagine the legacy of Billy Graham will be chastened by the upcoming conference at Wheaton.
Yall have a Nice Day