The Florida Baptist Witness & The Kevin Ezell Candidacy: An Interlude by Peter Lumpkins

Updates, by nature, are usually designed to clarify. When the Florida Baptist Witness first released Dr. Ezell's name as the NAMB presidential candidate, a brief but vague statement was made concerning Highview's missions giving.  Mainly, it was a generic statement about how many dollars were given for "Southern Baptist causes," the new GCRR-speak we've all anxiously awaited.

When the “update” was released--an "update" which should have clarified--it’s not too much to say, Highview's giving record as stated more than likely confused Highview themselves. Indeed it may rank as the most garbled presentation of giving records I’ve ever attempted to decipher. Nor is this a West Georgia phenomenon. Several folk I called to test my own reading skills agreed.

 

Hence, I dedicate the following video to those dear editors at the Florida Baptist Witness for making things so much easier to understand. Enjoy (by the way, while it's lengthy, stay with it. You'll love it!)

With that, I am…

Peter 

Comments

[Rick]

Peter,

Your point is hilarious and well taken, but the facts are very clear. Southern Baptists have a President whose tithe contributes 1% through the Cooperative Program and a NAMB Presidential Nominee whose tithe contributes 2% through the Cooperative Program. To their credit, their churches are very generous with their designated missions giving, but for all those who say the CP has become a sacred cow, enjoy your burger! It's clearly not one anymore.

[peter lumpkins]

Rick,

Point well taken, brother. For a report (GCRTF) to repeatedly and explicitly state, the CP will be the primary means of "doing missions" together, we are seeing lots of evidence that such was sort of "PR" bloat to silence critics.

With that, I am...
Peter

[kim]

Oh man, do I have a headache! Point well made, Peter.

[Casey]

POINT-WELL-MADE, Peter as usual. However, couldn't you have told me this story in your elegant words that would NOT have consumed 3:53 minutes of my valuable time?
:)