By the Way | Resolutions – and Crickets – Among Southern Baptists in Dallas

Southern Baptists Contra Mundum - First Things

The most famous Southern Baptist statesman of his generation, Adrian Rogers, remarked at the Southern Baptist Convention in 2002: “As the West goes, so goes the world. As America goes, so goes the West. As Christianity goes, so goes America. As evangelicals go, so goes Christianity. As Southern Baptists go, so go evangelicals.” Rogers’s statement is not one of self-acclaimed hubris. With just under 13 million members and more than 45,000 churche…

By the Way | Resolutions – and Crickets – Among Southern Baptists in Dallas

Southern Baptists are at it again. Meeting in Dallas last week, the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, passed several resolutions addressing the critical issues of our time. They resolved to ban pornography, oppose sports betting and outlaw abortion pills. Well, okay. I think many decent people can agree that pornography is not a good thing, and sports gambling is out of hand. I have no interes…

IN THE MARGINS: Another SBC for the books

By Tony MartinEditor I recently attended the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas. I’ve lost track of how many conventions I’ve been to. In my almost 25 years serving at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, first as Associate Editor of The Baptist Record and currently as the Editor, I’ve come to realize each SBC has a