by William Thornton » Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:45 pm
Since the questions are raised, is this not a confirmation of the CBF it's in its direction of being a 'presence' organization with a main thrust on social issues and little on evangelism and church planting? I read the publications and news reports of significant CBF events and this is the strong impression I receive. Of course, I may have some neurological deficiency that prevents me from grasping the greater mod/lib truths here.
I look at the original CBF luminaries and find highly successful pastors and the former evangelist Vestal (who once preached mightily on the importance of the Gospel at CBF events). I don't see much in that direction now.
Is there any optimism of the CBF being an expanding fellowship or in a slow, steady drift towards being like the more liberal Baptist groups (Alliance).
And, Timothy, regionalism was a major matter in the recent revisioning, was it not? Seems I recall something about apportionment of funds.
...but whaddo I know?
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