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Originally posted by _Joy_:
There's also a misconception that the head of the Southern Baptist Convention speaks for all S B churches. That is not so. SBC work together for the common goal of supporting missionaries & that's it. No one tells each individual church what to do & if they tried, we'd all just ignore them.
For instance, my church is Southern Baptist & I've never heard that we won't be supporting the environmental movement. I'm very actively involved & assure you I would not have missed that one, being a firm believer in taking care of the earth God provided for me.
Also, every denomination has it's share of wackos, just like every race, every political group, every blah blah blah. Don't judge the whole by the behavior of a few.
You are right in that the head of the convention does not speak for the individual members, but I do believe they set the tone for the churches themselves to follow.
I was still a Baptist when they told us not to take our kids to Disneyworld. That's about the time I started to really look at where the church I had belonged to was headed, and that is fundamentalism. Also, the money you give to your church, part of that goes to the SBC.
Probably a good idea to check with your preacher as to what they really are, and what they believe on these non-moral issues.
THere are still some good old-time Baptist preachers out there, but there is a new bunch that have fallen off the right hand side of the world.