by William Thornton » Sat Feb 15, 2020 5:42 am
Looks mostly like warmed over anti-cal group though they say soteriology is not an issue. We will see. Enemy of my enemy is my friend stuff.
The bullet point on CRT//I and social justice is a play for a disgruntled slice of SBCers. There will be blood at the SBC annual meeting in Orlando over CRT/I.
It’s easier with social media these days to get a group riled up and going but it’s still difficult to do another CR type thing.
Two anti-establishment SBC sub groups have floundered in the past couple of years; imploded, self-destructed, gangs that couldn’t shoot straight. We will see how this one fares.
There are no leaders with sterling leadership qualities and high levels of public appeal leading this group. I don’t think there is enough dissatisfaction in the SBC to pull this off. The two mission offerings are a record or near record levels. The CP, long declining as a part of SBC church budgets, is reasonably stable, though flat. Half the Seminaries have newer younger leadership. Enrollment is up.
As a confirmed contrarian, I d be open (though not in the Calvinistic sense) to a reform movement in the SBC. We sort of already have one going, which is why this group jumped up. It’s a status quo ante movement.
My stray thoughts on SBC stuff may be found at my blog,