Frank Page Q&A: Audio Post

Author: art rogers

Frank Page Q&A: Audio Post

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 @ 12:01 am

As promised, the Frank Page audio is now available here.

I particularly appreciated Dr. Page’s genuine sincerity. He is not a politician, and I mean that in the best way.

Pay close attention to the answers Dr. Page gives in the first grouping of questions. Right out of the box, he says some honest things about the person the SBC chooses to succeed him as president: their motivations and their representation of the SBC to the world.

He does mention “Younger Leaders” who were demanding a “place at the table.” Of course, that was interesting to me, since the old SBC Bloggers (the reformers, anyway) consistently eschewed places of service for the sake of integrity and because, frankly, we realized that we were more divisive than was good for the SBC, were we to be placed in leadership. Well, that was my view, anyway, and I perceived it to be the view of my compatriots.(1)

I was unable to follow up on that statement at the time, but did email Dr. Page and mention this to him, asking him if there were bloggers that were “demanding a seat at the table.” Dr. Page emailed me back with this statement:

“I am happy to say that the young guys I have seen demanding a share of power are not amongst the bloggers I know.”

I am grateful for that clarification, since it was frequently the accusation used against us when we were all still in the SBC Blogging business.

In the middle of the Q&A, there was a question posed about an IMB missionary’s personal situation. Dr. Page was asked to address it, which he did graciously. After he answered the question - off the microphone - he was asked if he could help someone in the association talk to someone at the IMB to make sure the situation was right and he agreed to set up a meeting. I was a bit uncomfortable with that being brought out in this setting, but thought Dr. Page handled it well without committing to one side of the story. On the other hand, the person asking probably didn’t know that the session was being recorded, much less put on the internet.

Anyway, it is what it is, and we thank Dr. Page for his time and candor.

Check for the audio at the bottom of the post.

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(1) Just so you know, I have served now in the BGCO and am serving the TMABC. Since I no longer blog SBC politics regularly, I also no longer eschew positions offered. Since I am now much lower profile, though, no national level positions are being offered, so that has all worked out well for everyone, I suppose.