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I'm trying to think of times in church history where the church allied with the state and the faith was made better for it.
Here's what I've come up with:
@Brent_Hobbs what, just because both the OT (Joel) and the NT (Acts) say that God's Spirit is on both His sons and daughters?
Brent, leaving it up to God to decide who serves sounds risky for controlling the plot.
@mattmillsap And women had served (well, one woman) had been a delegate (term at the time) twice before. So it wasn't the first women to show up. It was a choice roll back women's voices.
@mattmillsap The SBC looked at 2 women, duly elected, and told them to get out. One person specifically stated "I love the ladies, but I dread them more..."
(check McBeth's Women in Baptist Life for the whole story.)
@danwhitejr that would probably be a factor. I'll admit to this being the first I've heard of you guys, so the silos are real. Looking website and books now. Thanks for what you do.
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They continue to forget (not care)that to any abuse victim anywhere who paid attn to our fight for protections in the SBC, these words are effectively silencing & traumatizing again
Many are not believed, now a denom. is shouting fake, contrived, reckless,fabricated
Silencing
My book about "righteous anger" and what to do with it... is now only $8 on Amazon. It's called Unoffendable.
Great for group study and discussion, too, I think. EVERYONE can relate to this, and the approach is counter-intuitive.
And it not being easy is why the standard procedure is to refer it to the ExecComm to review it and make sure it makes sense. Bypassing that standard procedure is a bad idea.
@PastorRyanA I don't know--typically upload on Sunday afternoon after trimming the video for Youtube and website, then don't do anything with it until Monday so I don't have a baseline except when I get the "done" email. That came before church last night instead of after, so...quicker.