All I can say is… “WOW.”

When you have a more than a moment to read some disturbing words that were recently directed at the “emerging church movement” by an SBC layperson from Missouri… please do so.

The following quote was one that I posted on Marty Duren’s SBC OUTPOST blog.

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“Sorry to distract from the “evils of drink” discussion here… but I must interject with a few thoughts concerning the direction of the SBC…

Dr. Reid is right on with his assessment and subsequent investment in this GENERATION.

I am grateful for the Southern Baptist heritage that has been passed down to this SBC Student Pastor (who recently followed the Call of God by transplanting his family from the midst of the “Bible Belt” in southern Oklahoma/north Texas to reach this GENERATION of STUDENTS on the Eastern Shore of Maryland) but I am fearful that our vision for “conservativism” is leading us down a path that may forever remain irreversible.

WE (the southern baptists) CANNOT PRETEND TO REACH THIS GENERATION BY SIMPLY SINGING THE HYMNS OF OUR HERITAGE and CLOSED-MINDEDLY CLINGING TO OUR STATEMENTS OF FAITH… THIS GENERATION IS CRYING OUT FOR A CONVERSATION of FAITH.

I pray that we will be able to provide this GENERATION with authentic answers to their questions… and that we will actively build a legacy of faith in Christ that inspires more than petty referendums (from men like Moran and others) and not-so-subtle rants (from men like myself and others).”

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PRESS ON!!!

-Weav