Sorry To Mislead You

I feel I must apologize. I said in an earlier post that I would not say any more about the 50/50 split. But, in light of a recent opinion piece in the Baptist Courier found here. I feel I must respond. So here is the response I sent to the Courier. Lets hope it doesn’t [...]

WRAP-UP: SC moves toward 50/50 CP split

Here is a link to a BP article written by our own Todd Deaton. Entitled WRAP-UP: SC moves toward 50/50 CP split. Now I know, any forward or backward motion would be “movement” but would inches, or crawls, or something of that nature been more appropriate than “moves”. Honestly, I pray we get there, but [...]

2007, Florence, The Selfish Convention

I have, what I believe is the final comment (at least from me) on the 2007 South Carolina Convention. It is interesting that the theme of the convention was “A Story To Tell, A Life To Live”. And I say interesting because, while I was inspired by the testimonies given Tuesday night, I was disappointed [...]

Wednesday

Well, the convention is over. The convention speaks rather funny in Florence. In the morning session we had the election of officers. Tuesday night saw an Exodus that Moses would have been proud to lead but Wednesday, well, it had some new faces and each position that had multiple candidates was different. In the race [...]

Tuesday

Well, I must admit, Tuesday got off to a bad rough start. My wife and I woke up late and it didn’t get any better until late afternoon. If you were not there, Kirby Winstead’s motion to amend the report from the Executive Board went down in flames only rivaled by the Hindenburg. Man have [...]

The Pastor’s Conference

WOW! That is all I can say is WOW! The day started off with Braxton Hunter who did 1.5 hours worth of preaching in 45 minutes. When did this guy take a breath? What a powerful message about not only knowing what we believe but equipping our church members to explain what they believe! Awesome [...]

Nightly Coverage of The South Carolina Baptist Convention

Well, I am here in Florence, SC for the SCBC Annual Meeting. It is my desire to post a little something about the proceedings each night. I have got to tell you I am excited about the Pastor’s Conference tomorrow. It should be a great day. I hope to see you there. If I don’t [...]

The Letter

The following is a letter I wrote to the Baptist Courier and sent via email on Oct 22nd the Monday after the previous Courier came out. I spoke with Don Kirkland earlier this week and it had never crossed his desk. It disappeared mysteriously.
In Response To The Executive Board’s CP Allocation Plan
First, let me [...]

Questions I Feel (I) They Must Answer Part 3

In the two churches I have pastored (and I have heard this same testimony from numerous other pastors too) where we increased CP giving, each time God blessed us and our regular offerings increased. WHY? It is the law of the sower. You sow sparingly, you reap sparingly. You sow more, you reap more. That [...]

Questions I Feel I Must Answer Part 2

This is the second installment of the Questions that have been asked of me about the 50/50 split.
1. Are you concerned that your pushing the 50/50 split will hurt your nomination for 2nd Vice President? Continuing to be vocal about the 50/50 split may very well hurt my nomination. But, what is more important? To [...]