Trustee Jerry Corbaley Confesses (sort of. . .)

[Sandy]

[Haruo]

[Sojourning Pilgrim]

Lunching Gentlemen:

Other than the undisputed fact that I know how and love to eat lunch, just how did I get invited to this "august" meeting?? Not that I mind eating lunch with "Baptists" . . . Frankly (and I'm not sure why), I'm rather looking forward to the opportunity. Until otherwise notified, I will consider that my role is to be the "Jimmy Carter" to this "Camp David" meeting.

Richard Dunn (The Sojourning Pilgrim)

[T. D. Webb]

[David Flick]

[T. D. Webb]

[Sojourning Pilgrim]

[Wade Burleson]

[T. D. Webb]

[Jonathan]

[T. D. Webb]

[David Flick]

[David Flick]

[David Flick]

[deb]

AJ also seems to be working hard to make sure the elders and members of Henderson Hills don't "abandon" baptism by immersion ----

As I understand it, there was a special issue of the state baptist paper devoted to the Southern Baptist understanding of scriptural baptism ... Several "prominent" people had columns about the issue.

From the NewsOK link in Baptists Today:
On July 20, baptism and church membership was the focus of the Baptist Messenger, the official news journal of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. The special edition included comments from Southern Baptist pastors and leaders across the state

In that issue of hte Messenger, AJ made reference that should a church vote not to use baptism by immersion, that church might not be in fellowship with oklahoma southern baptist churches....sure enough, this happened:

On July 17, the Capitol Baptist Association, made up of Southern Baptist churches in the Oklahoma City metro area, approved a resolution reaffirming scriptural baptism as a prerequisite for church membership. In the association’s resolution, posted on its Web site, http://www.cbaokc.org, the association encourages Henderson Hills’ members to maintain their current requirements for church membership, including the baptism-by-immersion prerequisite

[David Flick]

[deb]

You're right, David -- as required for church membership -- and I knew that.

An update on that vote at Henderson Hills -- according to the Daily Oklahoman, the church vote was delayed...

"We do not believe that the intent of the bylaw change is wrong but the concern exists that we may have been incomplete and we are out of time to even begin to discuss and possibly adjust it and meet the announced schedule.

“Because of this, we are not going to ask the church to vote on the proposal. We simply are no longer in consensus as a council.”

[Norm]

[Wade Burleson]

Norm,

On this issue I would rather do something than say something.

[Joseph Patrick]

[T. D. Webb]

[David Flick]

[David Flick]

[Sandy]

[T. D. Webb]