Southern Baptists’ budget vote shapes new evangelism approach
ORLANDO, Fla. — A decade ago, Southern Baptists fought over the belief that Jesus is the only way to heaven and the inerrancy of the Bible.
Today, they’re divided over budgets and baptisms.
As the older hard-line conservatives fade into the background, a new group of leaders is jostling over the priorities of the country’s largest Protestant denomination. These new leaders are less concerned about conservative politics and more concerned about saving souls.
“Status quo is not the way to go,” said the Rev. Matthew Surber, the new pastor of Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville. “To pretend like everything is fine and we just need to try harder is not going to work.”
At a gathering of 11,000 Southern Baptists on Tuesday at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Baptists overwhelmingly approved a plan that will channel funds away from established Baptist programs and use them to fund new churches and more missionaries. It’s called the Great Commission Resurgence. The national meeting concludes today.
Bleed Into One – the story of Christian rock
This movie has been in the works for several years and is expected to be out later this year and includes about five minutes of U2.
Here’s an article, and here’s a preview.
Dog Eats Cat
Well, not exactly.
A dog almost died and needed an emergency operation after she wolfed down a family of toy cats. Snowy the West Highland Terrier had to be operated on by vets after she swallowed five ceramic ornaments. X-rays clearly showed the little cats inside the dog’s stomach. Stunned owner Samantha Reed of of Wyton-on-the-Hill, Cambridgeshire, said: “I was shocked when the vets phoned to say Snowy had swallowed a few cats. I thought they meant real ones”