"Hollywood Bob" -- Spending God's Money

Thanks to Ethics Daily for calling attention to Mary Kinson Branson's new book, Spending God's Money: Extravagance and Misuse in the Name of Ministry, former Director of Marketing at the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board. Branson's book is an expose of the profligacy and waste at NAMB under former mission board President Robert Record -- earning him the nickname "Hollywood Bob." Here's a quote from Branson:

"Wouldn't it be great if we gradually stopped feeding the mega agency dinosaurs, possibly moving 1 percent of our giving each year from national to state/association/church level--until we reduced our national and international agencies to a reasonable size?" she asks. "I believe Southern Baptists could give much less than the current $190 million to national and international cooperative efforts and see no measurable difference in advancing the Kingdom. And if that money were redirected to effective ministries, we could see a positive difference."