Resolutions
Jun 13th, 2007 | By art rogers | Category: Live Blogging, SBC, San Antonio '07There is not a lot here, but there are some things in which you may be interested, so I’ll tell you what I think/know.
Almost every resolution published on the internet was either folded into another resolution or declined. This is true for all sides of discussion within the SBC Blogosphere.
CB Scott’s resolution on rescuing victimized children was merged with what he thought were at least two other resolutions. He was very happy with it and it passed, I believe, unanimously. This is not always the case as most resolutions will receive a smattering of votes against for some reason or another. There was some vocal response and some clapping for it.
All BFM/PPL resolutions were declined. The committee did not care to take a specific stand on this issue, but the motion handled it anyway. I thought, perhaps, that someone might try and call one of these motions out of committee to attempt to moderate the adoption of the EC report last night.
Tom Ascol’s resolution on integrity in church membership did not make it out of committee, yet again. This really surprised me. Several people wanted to speak for it, and those that spoke against were Malcolm Yarnell, who thought it wasn’t strong enough, and another pastor who thought it infringed on autonomy. Where was this guy when the Disney Boycott came out? Good grief. The vote looked to be a 50/50 split to bring it out of committee, but a 2/3 majority is needed to override the committee.
It amazed me to see so many Southern Baptists voting against a public stance on integrity.
As you may know, my church dealt with our inflated roll last year, taking our membership roll from just under 1,700 to 255. This had the effect of putting us over our actual membership in attendance on most Sundays now and giving us actual statistical data that is helpful in locating our weaknesses as a congregation.
This topic has gained steam across the Convention with so many, I predict it will continue to do so until it is passed. It may well be that next year’s resolution will be called out of committee, if not brought out by the committee.
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I was disappointed that Dr. Ascol’s resolution failed to receive the support it deserved. He assured me after the vote that we’ll have another opportunity in Indianapolis.
Didn’t you just love the opening of his speech in favor of overruling the committee?
That’s a loose paraphrase, but I thought it was a priceless moment.
Art,
Thanks for the report. How did you fix your rolls? We talked about that last week and I’ve been asked to come up with a letter to send to those who haven’t been attending. Did you send out a letter? If so, I would like a copy so I can “borrow” your wording.
BTW, I miss being there with my friends but … you know the rest. ;)
It will take us talking about it on the blogs this year. I think this is one issue that can effectively draw many who are often blogging “adversaries” together. Might I suggest that we bloggers collectively make a point to take time to post on this issue from time to time.
I also think that the average messenger is so untaught they aren’t aware of the issues. They need to be educated. That will take some grass roots work, where your associational representatives to your meetings bring it up, even if it irritates the whooey out of your DOM’s. I have also suggested that an info packet including articles published in the past couple of years be collated and distributed at the Ridgecrest Conference in Nov. I’ve even volunteered to man the booth/table since I’m only 2 hrs away and can be there to hawk them. A similar package needs to be made availabe (in .pdf perhaps) for free download so that folks can get it and read it and/or distribute it leading up to Indianapolis. That way, when Tom brings it to the floor, the Convention will know what is at stake and why the resolution is important.