So, I need your help. As always, you can send me information about blogs that should be included in SBC Voices. My goal is to include as many different “SBC Voices” as possible. Here is the information that I need:

• blog URL
• name of blogger
• state of blogger SBC church
• any other categories that I tag including: denominational employees, ministers, or women bloggers

Just send any of this information that you have to me by email TonyKummer@gmail.com

I would like to have heard his thoughts on the changing nature of communications within the convention, largely due to blogs. It seems that our increasingly level access to information will chip away at some of the very issues which he’s been protesting.

The story is a little complicated, but my failure to backup has created some issues.

I will be manually re-tagging the feeds, which will restore everything to its proper category.

A few people have emailed me to ask what is going on. Let me assure the conspiracy theorists among us that no SBC Voice was deleted on purpose.

My aim has always been to give equal coverage to the great and small among us (the wrong and right as well).

The “feed recovery” efforts should take about 10 hours total. Normally, this wouldn’t be too bad, except that I have a 8-5 Summer class next week at Southern Seminary.

So, I’m going to have a glass of ice tea and get to work. If you find any feeds put in the wrong category, or if you want to get your feed to the top of my recovery list - just email me via TonyKummer@gmail.com

1. I’m going to be really busy the next few months: final Seminary classes, new baby, extra work at church, etc.
2. There are 150+ new blog posts every day here at SBC Voices - that equals about 10 - 25 minutes of blog reading just to find the good ones. 5 hours of feed reading each week is a lot
3. The convention buzz is settling down now.

Will Baptist Buzz Return?

If there is a great outcry and I find a better way to do it. But for now just read all the other categories that I’ve generated automatically - by state, by source, by pastors, by women, etc.

I will be posting occasionally too, so I can highlight SBC buzz that way as well.

FYI: Traffic has remained strong post-convention with many new readers looking for us by name in google “SBC Voices” so keep spreading the word.

My 1st Convention Experience

I won’t air my criticisms here, at least not until I’ve had more time to pray. But I am freshly convicted of the priority of godliness, humility and no-spin-truth-telling in my own life.

I think the best summation of what I observed at the convention was written by Dr. Donal Whitney. On his website is an article titled THE ALMOST INEVITABLE RUIN OF EVERY MINISTER . . . AND HOW TO AVOID IT. This afternoon I printed this article and spend about and hour reading and praying through its message.

I would encourage you to do the same. Whatever your feelings about the SBC, this article was a good antidote for several dangers in your heart (and very much in mine).

Thank You

I want to say things to everyone who introduced themselves to me in Indy. It was a little awkward for me, since I don’t consider myself someone “out there” in denominational life. But it was nice to hear how SBC Voices is helping connect Southern Baptists through their blogs.

I was curious about the difference between the 2004 SBC Indy and the 2008 SBC Indy. Here are the best numbers I could find, you write the story.

• 2004 - “about 8,500″ via 2004 BP News story
• 2008 - “7,196″ via 2008 BP News Blog

So, there were roughly 1,304 fewer messengers in the same city, only four years later. That’s around a 15% drop in attendance.

Any theories?

See you at the convention.

Johnny Hunt or Frank Cox. Avery Willis could theoretically pull it off, especially if there’s a run-off, but I don’t think he will. Les Puryear will garner more support than some seem to think, but I don’t think it will be enough to win. Bill Wagner and Wiley Drake stand no chance, but both of them will get some votes just because some people like to vote for underdogs.

HT: SBC Ghost Recon

• Frank Cox’s responses to questionnaire
• Wiley Drake’s responses to questionnaire
• Johnny Hunt’s responses to questionnaire
• Les Puryear’s responses to questionnaire
• Bill Wagner’s responses to questionnaire
• Avery Willis’ responses to questionnaire