A Breath of Fresh Air (8-12-04)

Kudo's to Ken Hall, President of Buckner Baptist Benevolences, for declining to seek a second term as President of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

"It's time to enlarge the tent," Hall says. "We need to make space for more diversity in our highest office. Hispanics, African Americans, other ethnic groups, women and laypersons need the opportunity to have the honor to serve and to exert leadership."

This is truly a breath of fresh air for Baptists.

It's a shame such magnanimous leadership suffocates in the SBC. Imagine what could have happened over the last twenty-five years if those elected as SBC presidents had a spirit like Ken's.