tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post4452586558657657278..comments2023-04-04T08:07:42.350-04:00Comments on SBC Plodder: Rebranding the Cooperative ProgramWilliam Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502242710436994507noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-50198836859367814812014-04-28T10:45:11.470-04:002014-04-28T10:45:11.470-04:001. Own one physical structure for missions and exe...1. Own one physical structure for missions and executive director.<br /><br />2. Keep SWBTS, SBTS, and one more seminary (TBD). Close the rest.<br /><br />3. Sell all other existing properties.<br /><br />4. Other than missions/ex dir/seminary spaces, all other physical locations are rentals. The message sent: office space is contingent on results (note: results are a bit more complex than Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-47663589546629326932014-04-05T07:28:20.838-04:002014-04-05T07:28:20.838-04:00The CP is simply no longer relevant to a large maj...The CP is simply no longer relevant to a large majority of SBC church members. What this also means is that the SBC is no longer relevant to a majority of SBC church members. <br /><br />Better advertising is not going to change this. The CP and the SBC has to be made more relevant.<br /><br />This will require a massive restructuring of some agencies and the elimination of others. Our own Jonathan McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05076598713887056331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-77893434453523194932014-03-20T09:19:05.754-04:002014-03-20T09:19:05.754-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tom Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861689101266081092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-74940997496659323992014-03-20T09:18:43.124-04:002014-03-20T09:18:43.124-04:00William: I have thought about this post for severa...William: I have thought about this post for several days and IMO the major word is "Cooperative"--a word that is seemingly not in the vocabulary of many Southern Baptists.Tom Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861689101266081092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-58318456086648100302014-03-18T10:29:40.519-04:002014-03-18T10:29:40.519-04:00"If the Cooperative Program is to be consider..."If the Cooperative Program is to be considered a vibrant, vital funding mechanism, then let's get people who have fresh ideas, bold ideas, and let them have a go at it."<br /><br />How can this be done when leadership like Bart Barber is allegedly on the side of using BFM to exclude churches for practicing faith in ways that the Convention has implicitly acknowledged and accepted (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-67997068600699121462014-03-17T10:20:05.288-04:002014-03-17T10:20:05.288-04:00There are a number of sociological factors at work...There are a number of sociological factors at work making a tough economic context even tougher, and such is the case for all faith communities; but that coupled with a fairly rigid mindset, one would suggest a religious group that will remain in decline. As it grows smaller there will be talk of the committed few, which will be correct, but it will be a commitment to a very narrow perspective Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-27962588182695348512014-03-17T09:25:48.200-04:002014-03-17T09:25:48.200-04:00Many of the one or two percent churches are the la...Many of the one or two percent churches are the largest ones in the convention, and the ones from which much of the leadership has been drawn. The "dollars vs percentages" argument doesn't work well when the percentages are so low in some churches, that congregations a tenth their size actually wind up giving more dollars. <br /><br />The other problem that is facing the SBC is Leehttp://deepintheheart.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com