SBC Life is the slick mailout sent periodically to all churches and pastors. It is available online .
The current issue, June/July, must have been already finished because both the print and online versions fail to incorporate adopted by the SBC Executive Committee officers for the sole purpose of propping up Ronnie Floyd's dismal chances of being elected SBC president in light of his churchs' 0.27% Cooperative Program giving. Seems that the CP study committee called for election of state and national convention officers whose churches give at least 10% of their undesignated receipts.
Well, the change to drop the 10% in favor of a non-defined amount (the exact new wording is "leaders whose churches 'are committed to increasing systematically and enthusiastically the percentage of undesignated receipts given through the Cooperative Program'”) is too little, too late, too transparently partisan, and too silly to make the least difference.
Can we have a little enthusiastic commitment with that ZERO POINT TWO SEVEN PERCENT?
Morris Chapman should know better. The SBC in session in Greensboro will vote to approve this CP study and its recommendations...or not. I plan to vote not.
Which leaves us with our three SBC prez candidates:
Floyd: 0.27%
Sutton: 7% (according to reports...info a little scarce on the newcomer)
Page: 12%
Perhaps the SBC in session ought to apologize to the moderates of the 1980s who unsuccessfully pushed the 10% standard...nah, none would be around to hear it.