Comments on: Some Thoughts about Resolution 6 http://www.dennyburk.com/some-thoughts-about-resolution-6/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:59:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Denny Burk » The Weekly Standard on Southern Baptists http://www.dennyburk.com/some-thoughts-about-resolution-6/comment-page-1/#comment-38788 Denny Burk » The Weekly Standard on Southern Baptists Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:16:29 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2131#comment-38788 [...] say anything about what I think was the most important item to come out of this convention—the resolution on regenerate church membership. It is precisely on this point that so many churches are falling short of the great commission to [...] [...] say anything about what I think was the most important item to come out of this convention—the resolution on regenerate church membership. It is precisely on this point that so many churches are falling short of the great commission to [...]

]]> By: Derek Cox http://www.dennyburk.com/some-thoughts-about-resolution-6/comment-page-1/#comment-38641 Derek Cox Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2131#comment-38641 Dr. Yarnell, I agree, brother. I didn't mean to set healthy churches against big churches, only that our focus seems to have been almost exclusively on big numbers and not on healthy churches that are concerned about meaningful/recognizable membership. I believe that healthy churches are growing churches. They may not grow as fast as we desire but they will grow both spiritually and numerically...And thank you for all of your work for the glory of God in the church. Derek Dr. Yarnell,
I agree, brother. I didn’t mean to set healthy churches against big churches, only that our focus seems to have been almost exclusively on big numbers and not on healthy churches that are concerned about meaningful/recognizable membership. I believe that healthy churches are growing churches. They may not grow as fast as we desire but they will grow both spiritually and numerically…And thank you for all of your work for the glory of God in the church.

Derek

]]> By: Malcolm Yarnell http://www.dennyburk.com/some-thoughts-about-resolution-6/comment-page-1/#comment-38638 Malcolm Yarnell Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:53:34 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2131#comment-38638 Derek, Please understand that many of us do not see the relationship between the Lordship of Christ in the church with regard to integrity (on the one hand) and the growth in numbers of people submitting to that Lordship (on the other hand) to be antithetical. In other words, it is not a matter of big church versus healthy church. After all, the first church in Jerusalem, our premier New Testament church, was a mega-church. Derek,
Please understand that many of us do not see the relationship between the Lordship of Christ in the church with regard to integrity (on the one hand) and the growth in numbers of people submitting to that Lordship (on the other hand) to be antithetical. In other words, it is not a matter of big church versus healthy church. After all, the first church in Jerusalem, our premier New Testament church, was a mega-church.

]]> By: Bart Barber http://www.dennyburk.com/some-thoughts-about-resolution-6/comment-page-1/#comment-38637 Bart Barber Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:41:38 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2131#comment-38637 Denny, I am thankful for your clarification. It is a point that I myself have tried to make several times. Denny,

I am thankful for your clarification. It is a point that I myself have tried to make several times.

]]> By: Derek Cox http://www.dennyburk.com/some-thoughts-about-resolution-6/comment-page-1/#comment-38635 Derek Cox Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:56:53 +0000 http://www.dennyburk.com/?p=2131#comment-38635 Denny, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Three years ago our church voted to remove almost 800 non-attending, inactive members from our rolls. Almost everyone in our congregation was in favor of this move but even now three years later,some of the old guard thinks that I have been a mean ol' pastor cutting people out of the Lamb's Book of Life. So for me this resolution is both an encouragement and a foundation for moving forward in the right direction for future generations in the church. I can now say to those who thought (and think) I was crazy that its not just me--now the SBC thinks that healthy/holy churches are more important than big churches. Thank God for Al Mohler,Mark Dever,David Dockery,Tom Ascol and the others who were instrumental in making this happen. Would it be too much to say that this is sort of a William Wilberforce moment in the SBC--that we are being set free from the slavery of unregenerate church membership and bondage to numbers at the expense of the purity of the church? Derek Denny,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Three years ago our church voted to remove almost 800 non-attending, inactive members from our rolls. Almost everyone in our congregation was in favor of this move but even now three years later,some of the old guard thinks that I have been a mean ol’ pastor cutting people out of the Lamb’s Book of Life. So for me this resolution is both an encouragement and a foundation for moving forward in the right direction for future generations in the church. I can now say to those who thought (and think) I was crazy that its not just me–now the SBC thinks that healthy/holy churches are more important than big churches. Thank God for Al Mohler,Mark Dever,David Dockery,Tom Ascol and the others who were instrumental in making this happen. Would it be too much to say that this is sort of a William Wilberforce moment in the SBC–that we are being set free from the slavery of unregenerate church membership and bondage to numbers at the expense of the purity of the church?

Derek

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