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Reject the constitutional amendment but take this SBC governing documents test first.

April 10, 2023 by William Thornton

Here’s an SBC polity and governing documents test. These are all True/False for my colleagues who like to play the odds and not think too much. it’s very simple. I’m almost embarrassed to offer it.

  1. The Executive Committee can expel churches without messengers being involved.
  2. The Executive Committee may expel a church for any reason.
  3. The SBC Constitution specifically lists five reasons that a church may be excluded.
  4. The EC and messengers have the ability to expel individuals as well as churches from our body.
  5. A congregation must be a part of a local SBC association and/or an SBC state convention to be an SBC church.
  6. Once a church is on the Executive Committee SBC church list, it stays on unless specifically excluded by either the EC, or the SBC in annual session.
  7. A church has to adopt the Baptist Faith and Message Statement to be SBC.
  8. More churches have been excluded from the SBC for having female senior pastors than for approving, endorsing, or affirming discriminatory behavior.
  9. In our SBCAM coming up in June in New Orleans the messengers will approve or reject the EC’s recommendation to exclude Saddleback and several other churches for having women senior pastors?
  10. UGA’s average margin of victory in the last CFP was over four touchdowns per game.

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I needed a tenth question, so….

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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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