by Sandy » Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:22 am
Many of the mega churches in the SBC aren't on board with the IMB, either with financial support through the CP, or in providing them with personnel. The "we do our own thing" attitude that you find in most larger churches is prevalent in the SBC's bigger congregations as well. And many times, families and individuals choose other agencies for their mission service because the IMB has a pretty specific profile for candidates that they might not fit as well. At the last church I served in Houston, in addition to CP support for the IMB, we provided support for a pastor of an international Baptist church in Central America which was not under the IMB umbrella, in order for him to have a way to handle his taxes. And one of the young men who grew up in the church went to an international post with Campus Crusade, and our church collected individual contributions to help with part of what he had to raise to serve.
It sounds like the Village Church would have a problem cooperating in missions with the kind of support that goes through the CP, because they couldn't have control over the people who administered it or received it, and therefore, could not be "in covenant" with them. That appears to be their bottom line.