Penetrating the Lostness!
Baptist leaders are worried. Baptism, a "ritual immersion" that, according to some, makes one saved -- and Baptist -- is in decline. On Monday the Southern Baptist Convention's medieval-sounding Great Commission Resurgence Task Force unveiled a plan titled "Penetrating the Lostness" that they hope will encourage members to increase tithing from 2.5% to 10% and focus mission efforts to domestic foreigners. Church members are also encouraged to spend their vacations "penetrating" the lost and unsaved. Writes Adelle M. Banks of Religion News Service (reposted at HuffPo), the report will be voted on at the annual convention in June in Orlando, FL.
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Baptist leaders are worried. Baptism, a “ritual immersion” that, according to some, makes one saved — and Baptist — is in decline. On Monday the Southern Baptist Convention‘s medieval-sounding Great Commission Resurgence Task Force unveiled a plan titled “Penetrating the Lostness” that they hope will encourage members to increase tithing from 2.5% to 10% and focus mission efforts to domestic foreigners. Church members are also encouraged to spend their vacations “penetrating” the lost and unsaved. Writes Adelle M. Banks of Religion News Service (reposted at HuffPo), the report will be voted on at the annual convention in June in Orlando, FL.