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NAMB is a mess and has been almost since the great renaming. Perhaps if they stopped running the thing like a business and instead ran it like a ministry, you know open and transparent, things would be different. We don't send much to the SBC now but we have a few hangers on and I will be recommending that we not send any money to NAMB. They don't deserve it as they have proven themselves to be awful stewards.

If he didn't realize what a mess it was/is it is his own fault, there was plenty of read, people to talk to and actions to be observed.

Fundamentalists, not having any more liberals/moderates to attack, now are reduced to chewing up other fundamentalists for whatever reasons they may have. It feels so good not to be Southern Baptist any more.

Looks like SBCers have to root around for their news, Baptist Press lying low when the going gets tough (not that my mod friends will not be quick to say 'we told you so'), so the Southern Baptist Texan has the story with Geoff Hammond's post-sacking comments:

What we heard officially from NAMB's trustees: squat, empty God-talk, and a release from their PR flack.

What we heard from BP: "the guys resigned...that's all you Southern Baptists get from us..." [wm: BP is carrying the Texan story today. Wonder if they feel like calling around and doing their own story? Guess not.]

What we heard from individual NAMB trustees: squat, empty God-talk, "you shoulda been there...we wuz all broken up about it" and one resigned trustee's honest appraisal - "hypocrites".

What we heard from bloggers and commenters: gossip, anonymous reports, some alledge facts

Where should Southern Baptists go for their news?