Southern Baptist Loosing Ground?
Posted April 23, 2008 byCategories: Religion, SBC
Tags: Baptisms, Lifeway Report, SBC, SBC Membership, Southern Baptist
Ed Stetzer has released some alarming statistics on his blog today. Unfortunately, many have seen this coming. I am not nearly as concerned about the loss in membership; as Stetzer says “[it's] an inflated statistic anyway“, I am however concerned that for the 7th year in a row baptisms are declining. There can be only two reasons for a decline in baptisms:
1. God is no longer saving sinners to himself
2. God’s people are not sharing the gospel.
The only answer I believe, is that God’s people are refusing to share their faith. Friends, we have a much bigger problem in SBC life than declining membership, we have a problem of disobedience. The Great Commission is for every believer everywhere. If we love God with all our heart we will want to see His kingdom advance. If we love our neighbor as ourselves we will weep over their souls and do all that we can to make sure they know that without a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, they are doomed for hell. May it never be!




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