Comments on: Wade Burleson resigns his SBC Mission position http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/01/30/wade-burleson-resigns-his-sbc-mission-position/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:43:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bene Diction http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/01/30/wade-burleson-resigns-his-sbc-mission-position/#comment-98599 Bene Diction Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:35:13 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/01/30/wade-burleson-resigns-his-sbc-mission-position/#comment-98599 If someone nominates Burleson and he stands, he doesn't have a prayer. The power people won't stand for it. I have tremendous respect for Burleson bringing doctrinal perameters into the open. I learned about closed communion through his blog and read about it recently on yours. I didn't know it had gotten this bad. I have watched him in amazement, hit after hit, wading into some of the worst of what the SBC is and coming out with the best. I want to be like him when I grow up. His love for people in the field, his practical help toward the Klouda family, his practical documentation, his grace under pressure... The next few years are going to be as interesting in the SBC as they've been the last 30. If someone nominates Burleson and he stands, he doesn’t have a prayer. The power people won’t stand for it.
I have tremendous respect for Burleson bringing doctrinal perameters into the open.

I learned about closed communion through his blog and read about it recently on yours. I didn’t know it had gotten this bad.

I have watched him in amazement, hit after hit, wading into some of the worst of what the SBC is and coming out with the best. I want to be like him when I grow up. His love for people in the field, his practical help toward the Klouda family, his practical documentation, his grace under pressure…

The next few years are going to be as interesting in the SBC as they’ve been the last 30.

]]> By: Mark Byron http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/01/30/wade-burleson-resigns-his-sbc-mission-position/#comment-98576 Mark Byron Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:27:03 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/01/30/wade-burleson-resigns-his-sbc-mission-position/#comment-98576 I'm currently going to a Southern Baptist church, and some of the things that the mission board has been doing are one reason why I've been hesitant to join. For instance, I passed on donating to their December missions offering, for I wouldn't want to donate to something that I would be ineligible to serve with. One of Burlson's beefs with the mission board was that the were barring people with a tongues-style prayer life from the mission field; the "Baptist Faith and Message" doctrinal statement is silent on the issue, but in practice, "Bapticostals" like me are commonly given the left foot of disfellowship if they are in a public Baptist position. My old Vineyard church in Lakeland, FL was founded by a Southern Baptist pastor who got booted from his church for being too Pentecostal. What seems to be even worse than that is the idea that everyone on the board has to publicly deny any misgivings; last I checked, that's called "lying." Not even the Catholics are that strict on sticking with the program, and the Baptists aren't Catholics. The next few years will be interesting in the SBC I’m currently going to a Southern Baptist church, and some of the things that the mission board has been doing are one reason why I’ve been hesitant to join. For instance, I passed on donating to their December missions offering, for I wouldn’t want to donate to something that I would be ineligible to serve with.

One of Burlson’s beefs with the mission board was that the were barring people with a tongues-style prayer life from the mission field; the “Baptist Faith and Message” doctrinal statement is silent on the issue, but in practice, “Bapticostals” like me are commonly given the left foot of disfellowship if they are in a public Baptist position. My old Vineyard church in Lakeland, FL was founded by a Southern Baptist pastor who got booted from his church for being too Pentecostal.

What seems to be even worse than that is the idea that everyone on the board has to publicly deny any misgivings; last I checked, that’s called “lying.” Not even the Catholics are that strict on sticking with the program, and the Baptists aren’t Catholics.

The next few years will be interesting in the SBC

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