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A very thoughtful response. I'm glad not to be a part of the SBC any more.

Yeah, I get the thinking. The definition of "friendly cooperation" has been based on money given in the fiscal year preceding to the Cooperative Program or convention causes. Additionally, a church in friendly cooperation would have "a faith and practice which closely identifies with the Convention’s adopted statement of faith."

Just saying you are escrowing or withholding denominational funds doesn't trigger anything but a lot of heat if the escrowee/witholdee is a megachurch.

I suspect any motion not to seat messengers from the escrowing church would be ruled out of order, since the church clearly meets the constitutional requirements for sending messengers.