I want to say one more thing. I have loved every single church I have served. Every single pastor. I have known true servants of God and faithful followers of Jesus. But to say that what has gone on at the top of the SBC has nothing to do with the local church is foolishness.
I say this to my SBC brothers & sisters because I love you so much & I’ve grieved the loss of my denomination like a death. But, if you disconnect the two, you will always— sooner than later—cycle back to the same rottenness & love of power because it’s still in the roots.
Take the issues to the local church. Tell them what’s going on. Tell them what’s happened to the reputation of the denomination. Tell them, lead them, show them, preach to them, disciple them to be different. Let the angry ones leave.Revival’s as much about who goes as who stays.
And don’t say to me, but do you have any idea what that would cost financially? Yes as a matter of fact, I do. But do you want to know what favor that will end up doing you? It will throw you back to faith, to your knees in prayer because you know you can’t make it without Jesus.
And you will say later, that was so painful and so terrifying but God was so wise and I would not trade anything in the world for that faith-crisis because it changed me, changed us, & brought us back wholeheartedly to Jesus. It crucified us with Christ and raised us to new life.
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