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Interesting articles on the SBC...

Draper Lists Lifeway Challenges; Advocates for Younger Leaders

Draper briefly addressed the SBC's endeavor of reaching a million baptisms, calling the goal a "sign of healthy churches; a measure of how effectively we are relating to the lost and sharing the difference Christ makes." He added that if the SBC's aim is to reach a million baptized to say it hit its goal, "it reveals we were focused on the wrong thing and baptisms then become an end."

Effort to Increase ERLC Funding Fails
Southern Baptist Stance on Gays Softens
SBC Coming to Louisville in 2009
Dead Frogs and Baptisms
Conflicts Hurt, Southern Baptist Leader Says

Unless I'm mistaken, Baptist Press has yet to write anything on the Younger Leaders Summit.  It was one of the first, most interesting, and maybe most important events of the entire week, but no response.  I think this is inexcusable. 

Comments

[JM]

ok the dead frogs in ziploc bags is just disgusting.

[Scot McKnight]

Thanks, Steve, for all your posts on the SBC.

[David Phillips]

Steve,

You're exactly correct about BP not covering the YL Gathering...Marty first made mention of it in his blog and I've blogged the same thing. This is inexcusable. Did they even have someone there from BP convering the event?

[Steve McCoy]

I'm sure they did.

[Gary]

I wonder if just maybe, just maybe there was a hidden message in the frog illustration. I wasn't there but with the Draper's and Stetzers Frog Articles, I wonder if that was a thinly viled message to the YL?

[JM]

there is an interview with Bobby Welch at christianpost.com It's pre-convention, but it is interesting. I didn't know he was a green beret. That explains the cover of his book and it might explain his use of military phrases.