You are facing more than a practice, even a custom, it is a shibboleth. The altar call is a test of orthodoxy and is used to register a commitment to believing in the necessity of the Gospel. Depending on how SBC your SBC congregation is, you may need to be prepared to lose your job over this.

Have you considered extending the offer of the Gospel in the altar call by nuancing it more and more toward a theologically appropriate view?

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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