The Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention for 2010 is now history. The Great Commission Resurgence Task Force recommendations have been approved by the Messengers present and voting. Done. What now? While no one knows for sure, it would appear that with the exceptions of Chicago and (maybe) Metro St. Louis, we are going to be on our own to win the eight million lost people in our beloved State.
As NAMB is restructured and the partnership agreements are phased out, a larger and larger percentage of our missionary personnel and resources will be devoted to reaching the urban areas of our Nation. I suppose that mathematically this is the right thing to do.
The simple fact is Illinois is our Judea! Jesus sent “them” to evangelize “their” Judea; and "we" are going to have to evangelize "ours!" It is possible that having NAMB missionaries over the years has created an unhealthy dependency not unlike many church members who depend on their Pastor to carry out their Commission for them.
God bless these wonderful men and women who have served us and those who still serve us, but, the day is soon coming when we may no longer have them to carry out "our" commission for us!
The seven recommendations passed overwhelmingly. It is clearly what the majority of Southern Baptists want. Good thing? I don’t know. But I do know this… Illinois is OUR JUDEA! Beloved Ones, they’re out there, let’s go get them!
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