TBC RALLIES TO EMPHASIZE MARY HILL DAVIS OFFERING

Texas Baptists Committed will sponsor our regular fall Convention Update Dinners starting September 11. These are annual meetings around the state where we explain the ministry of Texas Baptists Committed and give an update regarding this year’s annual BGCT meeting.

In the past, I have spoken at most of these meetings and then a prominent pastor has shared why they are a part of Texas Baptists Committed. Some have given a history of the SBC controversy and why they are for keeping the BGCT committed to traditional Baptist principles .

This years meetings will have a different focus. The TBC part of the program will still be a “Convention Update,” but then the featured speaker will focus strictly on the mission needs of Texas Baptists and the Mary Hill Davis Offering for State Missions.

Why are we changing our format? We believe our work at Texas Baptists Committed can be just as successful by promoting the Baptist General Convention of Texas and its ministries as we would be talking about problems in the SBC.

We want to be seen as a group of Texas Baptists truly committed to Jesus Christ, and to the BGCT and its institutions and ministries. That is our mission statement. If people understand the great things being done by Texas Baptists and the challenges we also face as Texas Baptists, they will not want the BGCT to lose its current focus on missions.

We are asking several Texas Baptist Denominational Leaders to speak regarding the Mary Hill Davis Offering at out rallies. By doing so, they are not endorsing our organization. We would expect them to speak at a meeting of “Southern Baptists of Texas” or “Baptists With a Mission,” (the two organizations in Texas who publicly state their desire to change the focus of the BGCT), if they were asked to speak on missions, starting new churches, world hunger, or some other ministry related, non-political topic of importance to Texas Baptists.

Watch for invitation letters in the mail regarding the rally nearest you. Encourage your friends to come learn more about the BGCT and the mission needs of Texas Baptists.

August/September 1995