Bill Pinson Speaks Out on the Tactics of the Takeover
“When the organized political
effort in the SBC began in
1979, Texas Baptists were as
they had always been—
committed to the Bible as
their authority, theologically
conservative and focused on
missions and evangelism.”
”Although in 1979 some or
even many Texas Baptists
may have viewed certain
Southern Baptists and some SBC seminaries in the East as ‘liberal,’ most did not favor
imposing creedal views or
requiring conformity of belief
on theological and social
issues. Thus the call of the political leaders of the so-called‘conservative
resurgence’ seemed either
unnecessary or dangerous to
many Texas Baptists.”
”The secular political activity,
the character assassination,
the exclusion from positions
of leadership of any but those
who were part of the cause,
and the firing or forcing from
office of persons who did not
agree with their political
agenda offended and even
enraged many Texas
Baptists.”
Quotes reprinted from The
Baptist Standard, June 9, 1999.
Bill Pinson is the executive
director of the BGCT since 1983