Q&A with Dr. Frank Page
Oct 1st, 2007 | By art rogers | Category: Blogging, SBC
I’m putting off the response to the “Inviting the Lost to Church” post for a little bit. I’ll probably answer later this week, but I definitely have some thoughts – especially to what has already been posted. If you missed it, you might want to check it out or even add to the discussion here.
In the meantime, I am privileged to host a Q&A with our SBC President during the Tulsa Metro Association of Baptist Churches Leadership Dialog in conjunction with our annual meeting. Dr. Page and Dr. Milfred Minatrea will be with us this coming Sunday night for the annual meeting and the following day for the Leadership Dialog.
The Q&A will take place during lunch on Monday. Not wanting dead time with no questions, I have been asked to have several questions prepared to ask Dr. Page to get or keep the ball rolling, so to speak.
So here’s your chance. What would you like to ask Dr. Page?
Pointed and relevant questions are welcome. Agenda driven questions are not. Recognize the difference? I hope so.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
I’ll not be live blogging, obviously, but I will try and post the answers after the meeting.
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Is there a future with all of the turmoil recently and all of the division?
Ask him if he is still “cautiously optimistic” about the survival of the SBC.
Of course he is. It’s his job.
Why don’t you ask him if he supports the Presidential campaign of Al Mohler and if he does, does that mean he no longer has any trouble with TULIP?
Art,
These questions are not meant to be agenda-driven. Please take them out if they appear to be because I don’t want to put our honored guest in the hot seat with an agenda.
1. Would you comment on whether the SBC conservative resurgence has reached a plateau and is actually faltering because of the following:
i. Lack of Character among leadership
ii. Requiring those who participate in SBC life to meet qualifications that go beyond the parameters of the
BF & M 2000
2. Was the BF & M 2000 really needed in Southern Baptist life? Has it done more to divide us over non-essentials of the faith rather than bringing us together over the essentials of the faith since its affirmation by the messengers at the 2000 SBC? There were conservative leaders in the late 90’s who did not feel we needed another statement because they felt the ‘63 statement was enough. What is your thoughts on all of this?
3. The SBC moderates predicted that the conservative resurgence participants will eventually turn on each other because they conclude true fundamentalism drove the resurgence and captial “F” Fundalmentalism says that you can never get conservative enough — it’s always a moving target that eventually becomes “dry dogma” or “dead orthodoxy.”
4. How come we don’t hear much from Judge Paul Pressler these days? What’s he up to?
Art,
This post might inspire some questions: http://chadwickivester.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/can-southern-baptists-build-wholehearted-unity-apart-from-the-cooperative-program/
And this post:
http://hottubreligion.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/the-elephant-in-the-roomthe-cptraditional-vscontemporary/
This is an event that has occurred in our state recently and is a hot topic that I feel has national implications.
My questions are simple:
Should giving to the CP be a primary consideration in selecting our leaders in the future?
What can the emergent church learn from the traditional church?
Should church size be a consideration in selecting a person for leadership positions?
Here a link to an open letter written by Frank Page to SC Baptists that I submit for your edification.
http://www.baptistcourier.com/1942.article