Jun
02
2010
Summarizing the SBC Great Commission Resurgence Proposal
Trevin Wax has done a helpful service, especially for those outside the Southern Baptist Convention. In this post he summarizes the main points of the proposed Great Commission Resurgence. Even for those of us outside the SBC, this is an important debate to watch and it seems that much of the future of the SBC will be shaped by decisions made at the Convention in Orlando in just 10 days.
In his post Trevin summarizes seven proposals from the GCR, and then gives an overview of the debate—pro and con—for each issue.
Key supporters of the GCR would be Albert Mohler, Johnny Hunt, Danny Akin, David Platt, J.D. Greear, and David Dockery.
The main opponents are Les Puryear, David Tolliver, Morris Chapman, and Jerry Vines.
Here are the seven proposals:
- Getting the Mission Right
- Making Our Values Transparent
- Celebrating and Empowering Great Commission Giving
- Reaching North America
- Reaching Unreached and Underserved People Groups within North America
- Promoting the Cooperative Program and Elevating Stewardship
- The Call of the Nations and the SBC Allocation Budget
Trevin’s conclusion:
At the fundamental level, the GCR Task Force recommendations are about how we can best cooperate in pushing back lostness.
Some of the recommendations are missional; others are about SBC culture.
Some are about ministry priorities; others are about stewardship and structure.
Regardless of one’s point of view, it is our Christian duty to assume the best in our brothers and sisters, seeing in each another the sincere desire for Southern Baptists to be good stewards of God’s money.
You can read the whole thing here.