As many of you know, and attested to in my signature, I attend a Southern Baptist Church. Many of you know I am rabidly paedo-baptist in my convictions as well. I love the brethren, however, and I am not ashamed, nay, I rejoice to call the dear saints at the Church I attend brother and sister.
This past year and a half I have learned much about the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. My new pastor just graduated from Southwest Baptist Seminary. I'm encouraged by the quality of some of the men who are coming out and that he seems to be a new breed of men returning to their Biblical roots. One of his favorite profs there was Greg Welty.
He has a real heart for making sure that the Church grows and especially from the families outward. He recently played an MP3 for us that is shaking up many Churches within the convention. I'm going to try to get a copy of it. The speaker is talking about the way in which the Southern Baptist Church is literally imploding and dying from within. The reasons for this are many - especially the methodology that never trains fathers to lead their families in the faith.
He presented an alarming statistic: Anywhere from 70-85% of Southern Baptist children completely reject the faith by the time they are 21.
I want to ask the Baptists a hard question:
What do you think of that in light of your view of election and the idea that God no longer deals with households in this epoch of redemptive history?
This past year and a half I have learned much about the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. My new pastor just graduated from Southwest Baptist Seminary. I'm encouraged by the quality of some of the men who are coming out and that he seems to be a new breed of men returning to their Biblical roots. One of his favorite profs there was Greg Welty.
He has a real heart for making sure that the Church grows and especially from the families outward. He recently played an MP3 for us that is shaking up many Churches within the convention. I'm going to try to get a copy of it. The speaker is talking about the way in which the Southern Baptist Church is literally imploding and dying from within. The reasons for this are many - especially the methodology that never trains fathers to lead their families in the faith.
He presented an alarming statistic: Anywhere from 70-85% of Southern Baptist children completely reject the faith by the time they are 21.
I want to ask the Baptists a hard question:
What do you think of that in light of your view of election and the idea that God no longer deals with households in this epoch of redemptive history?