by Dave Roberts » Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:25 am
As I look at many SBC churches here in VA, outside of contributing through the SBC for missions, they largely treat the denomination as irrelevant. It is never mentioned in their preaching, their literature, hard to find on their websites, and hardly a concern in most of what they are doing. The SBC logo that used to grace many signs seems to be largely disappearing for many churches. I looked at the websites of several churches trying to find SBC links, and a number of them do not have any links at all to things SBC. They are operating within the SBC framework, but they are practicing a great deal more of their autonomy. That is one of the definite changes affecting churches today. People in the pews don't know if they are in sympathy with the denomination or not, because they never hear anything about it.