12 Witnesses

Marty Duren and I seem to have switched identities for the week. Maybe not identities. Modus operandi. If you haven’t checked out his posts on the Q Conference you should head over to the Outpost and settle in for a long read.

Marty has provided the kind of detail in live blogging that, frankly, he’s been promising for two years. It’s about time.

On the other hand, I, who have spent quite a bit of time seeking to live blog the details of virtually every meeting, am going to give you occasional behind the scenes insights and general goings on that are usually Marty’s staple. The ease of my mind, realizing that I don’t have to document everything is quite profound. Makes me think Marty is the King o’ Bloggers (in the SBC, anyway) for a reason.

Just a couple of reasons for this. First, I am exhausted from several long weeks of emotionally draining ministry, including ministry to my own family in the wake of my uncle’s death, and I just need the break.

Also, I am a speaker. Yep. My secret is finally out. Dwight asked me to speak months ago, but I begged off, stating that I was no kind of Pneumatologist and that better minds than mine are available. Ultimately, Dwight convinced me to speak on something that is my passion: Cooperation. Today, just after lunch, I am speaking and then moderating a discussion during the Roundtable part of the Conference.

Now for the insights.

Most of the attendees of the first Roundtable, who said that they were interested in a future Roundtable, are not the ones who signed up for this conference. They may yet show up, but this is an entirely new crowd.

Numbers have now gone beyond 650 for this conference. 200, give or take, are women and youth, coming for special conferences targeted toward them.

We had a live discussion in the lobby of the hotel last night. It was spontaneous. We discussed the SBC in detail, its future and ours. All viewpoints were represented, so it was no backroom collusion. Rather, it was more like a blog discussion in real time. Frankly, it was pretty cool.

Robin Foster and I agree on more things than I realized. Also, he is a gracious person who takes autonomy and cooperation seriously. I appreciate his spirit. Bart Barber wasn’t there last night, but I get to meet him in person today, it would seem.

Dwight McKissic is the most gracious host one could ever imagine. Each speaker has a person from the church assigned to them to help them accomplish anything and everything that they need. He and his church have gone so far out of the way to provide for the needs of each guest, but he personally has made it a point to welcome, minister and love on each person.

Posting again … sometime.

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