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Could you cooperate with this church?

July 8, 2023 by William Thornton

That is the question.

Here’s a church:

  1. The church has always been SBC, at every level, association, state convention, and national convention.
  2. The church supports each of those “levels” of SBC life through contributions.
  3. The church is doctrinally orthodox and closely identifies with the BFM although it has not been formally adopted as the church’s statement of faith.
  4. The lead pastor has two degrees from one of the six SBC seminaries.
  5. The lead pastor is ordained by an SBC church, has never been anything other than a Southern Baptist.
  6. The lead pastor has started several SBC churches supported in part by NAMB, SB state conventions, and SB local associations.
  7. The church participates in mission endeavors locally, regionally, and overseas. Most of the time they work with established SBC entity personnel
  8. The church has a lightly congregational governance, elders are elected each year by congregational vote. Governance is by this group.
  9. The lead pastor is an elder. A few other elders, all unordained, make up the elder board.
  10. Church staff are mostly male with a couple of age group directors and music leaders who are female.
  11. The church has a position of “executive pastor” who is a female. The responsibility of that position includes church administrative tasks and other jobs assigned by the lead pastor. The female EP is unordained, didn’t choose her job title, and clearly serves a limited role with the lead pastor as supervisor.

Could my erudite friends cooperate with this church?

 

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About William Thornton

William Thornton is a lifelong Southern Baptist and semi-retired pastor who served churches in South Carolina and Georgia. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia. You may find him occasionally on Twitter @wmgthornton.

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