Johnny Hunt's election confirms that Frank Page's election in 2006 did not signal the emergence of a 'kinder, gentler;' SBC," said Robert Parham of the Baptist Center for Ethics. "The founding fathers of SBC fundamentalism have reasserted their political power. Their continued direction is away from the center. That makes hollow the months of chatter in the media about the emerging evangelical center. If there is no trending away from extremism in the SBC, there is no trending away from the Christian Right among conservative evangelicals.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Hardliners Reassert Control Over SBC
Johnny Hunt, a loyal insider for the Fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, has been elected President of the SBC. He got more than fifty percent of the vote in a field of six on the first ballot. Here's a quote from Robert Parham about the impact his Presidency will have:
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Gives me confidence that the denomination has not fallen into the bowl of jello of the world.
True, not really moving toward the center as a convention. But, maybe in 10-20 years. That will be enough time for all of the Builder generation, which makes up the majority of the hardline leaders, like Patterson/Pressler/etc., to be buried and gone. Perhaps after they have gone into eternity there will be a window of reform. One thing that is very possible, is that a lot of the churches related to the SBC will be dead.
But then again, perhaps not.
Tim Dahl
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