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SBC State and Local Association meetings
- Thread starter Salty
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The BCNY will meet 26-27 Sep near Syracuse.
Not an issue as such - rather we have a new Executive Director, whom I am looking forward to meeting.
The Central NY Baptist Association will meet 25 Oct. I did miss the semi-annual meeting due to medical reasons.
Since the CNYBA is one of the largest geographic associations in the US, (12k sq miles) I would like to see a division.
We have more than doubled our # of churches to over 50 in the past 25 years.
Not an issue as such - rather we have a new Executive Director, whom I am looking forward to meeting.
The Central NY Baptist Association will meet 25 Oct. I did miss the semi-annual meeting due to medical reasons.
Since the CNYBA is one of the largest geographic associations in the US, (12k sq miles) I would like to see a division.
We have more than doubled our # of churches to over 50 in the past 25 years.
No because it is a waste of time.
This guy is your new state executive director???
Bronx Baptist Church
"Senior Clergy The Rev. Frank I. Williams
Associate Clergy...The Rev. Dr. Pauline Heslop
Denomination Southern Baptist Convention"
Frank Williams to lead Baptist Convention of New York | Baptist Press
CICERO, New York (BP) — Frank Williams has been voted the next executive director/treasurer of the Baptist Convention of New York (BCNY), the group announced in a press release today (March 27).
www.baptistpress.com
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This guy is your new state executive director???
Bronx Baptist Church
"Senior Clergy The Rev. Frank I. Williams
Associate Clergy...The Rev. Dr. Pauline Heslop
Denomination Southern Baptist Convention"
Frank Williams to lead Baptist Convention of New York | Baptist Press
CICERO, New York (BP) — Frank Williams has been voted the next executive director/treasurer of the Baptist Convention of New York (BCNY), the group announced in a press release today (March 27).
According to their church webpage Heslop is the "Director of Missions & Women's Ministry"
The link you gave is NOT the church web page - it is for the city council of churches.
This is the actual church page
Just wondering what your objection to him is?
I do not know him, but looking forward to meeting him.
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so why is your church SBC?
Because we have been SBC since Grannies Granny was singing in the choir with her granny.
Ours SBC is because of the NT model (independent churches cooperating in missions).
I like the SBC because I know that when I visit a SBC church there are common doctrines that are conservative rather than adopting the norms of our culture.
I do not like the SBC because they (as a convention) make resolutions that many of its members churches reject and often pander to our culture.
I like the SBC because I know that when I visit a SBC church there are common doctrines that are conservative rather than adopting the norms of our culture.
I do not like the SBC because they (as a convention) make resolutions that many of its members churches reject and often pander to our culture.
I think that is one of the main reasons churches support the SBC, and this typically associated with missions.
And I held that view until I became good friends with a SBC missionary who left the mission field and returned home. He says SBC foreign missions are a complete beuaurocratic nightmare.
It it is binding unless church wants disfellowshipped.
SBC churches have to take the bad with the good because these are independent churches with different opinions voting on issues, not getting their way every time.
No, not disfellowshipped.
Often Baotist churches who leave the SBC maintain fellowship with the same SBC churches via a local or state Batist or Christian association. And obviously they can maintain fellowship with whatever church they desire.
But they are no longer recognized as SBC (they no longer support the SBC).
It is not binding at all.
You familiar with what just happened with Saddleback?
Yes. They ordained women as pastors which is contrary to the common belief that churches affirm to be members of the SBC). The SBC voted to kick them out.
They actually kicked 6 churches out.
1. Saddleback for ordaining women to pastor churches
2. Four others for having women as senior pastor.
3. One for covering up child abuse.
I actually have no problem with that.
Now, if you are fine with having a woman as senior pastor that is OK. But it means you can't be a member of a group that believes the senior pastor should be male. We can fellowship, but you would be disfellowshipped by that organization (not its members, but the organization itself).
The child abuse thing, well, I think we may both agree covering up child abuse is too far.
My point was that they are "disfellowshipped" from the Convention, but not from SBC churches.
I guess a good illustration would be joining an organization that holds marijuana should be banned nation wide, deciding to become a marijuana farmer, then everybody expressing shock that the anti-marijuana organization kicked you out. You can still be friends with members of that organization but you would be disfellowshipped by the organization itself. You wouldn't be able to show up to vote, go to their anti-marijuana private events, etc.
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