Continuing his attack on Baptists who place correct doctrine over unity, SBC President Frank Page insinuated that their defining characteristic is only anger. After speaking to a congregation in Rincon Georgia, Page told reporters: “Baptists are too often known for what we’re against than for what we’re for. I like to say that I’m a conservative, but not angry at anybody.” Indeed, Page is being perceived by some as being for just about anything that will reverse the denomination’s declining numbers. “He’s had the attitude,” said the pastor of the Georgia congregation, “of being a uniter in our convention.”
But emphasizing everything and anything that SBC members can agree on, to the exclusion of standing against those things contrary to the Bible, is a policy that will result in adopting the sacred communion of the secular humanists. Known as finding common ground, this is a process of continually refining diverse groups of by manipulating individuals to shed beliefs based on exclusionary claims, such as those found in the Bible, and taking a step, and then another step forward together; with the key element being together, and the forward determined by the leader’s ever changing vision. The result is unity, growth, and control.
Christians, whether Baptists or not, should not be ashamed of what they stand against because it clearly defines what they stand for. Perhaps it is the response of the angry conservatives Page continually attacks that explains the declining membership of SBC. Maybe they have gotten angry, and sinned not; neither have they let the sun go down on their wrath: at the end of the day, they are leaving.
This, however, may be exactly what Page wants. Taking a page out of the playbook of fellow SBC member Rick Warren, Page may be intentionally encouraging those not onboard with the new vision of unity to leave. This would enable non-believing communitarians to feel more comfortable in an all inclusive environment, and so the SBC numbers will grow.
(read about it in The Christian Post)
