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Press Release
The
Executive Committee
of the
Southern Baptist Convention
Statement
of the Chairman
Rob Zinn
on proposed changes to CP recommendations
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HIGHLAND, Calif., May 26,
2006--“When
we voted on this in February, there was no intention that we're
telling any church what to give. We as officers of the Executive
Committee have been listening to pastors around us -- it is coming
from large churches, mega churches and even small churches --
the feeling was that we're telling people what to give. That's
not true. So, we're simply changing the wording to make sure
our churches understand that what we're pushing is an enthusiastic
response to the Cooperative Program.
“Everybody knows
nobody tells a Baptist what to give. We're just encouraging
our churches, that if we believe in missions, we believe
in evangelism and we believe in the Cooperative Program --
it's a lifeline to what we do -- then we're asking all the
churches to enthusiastically support this thing.”
Rob Zinn is pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church
in Highland, Calif.
The
Southern Baptist Convention is America’s largest
evangelical denomination, having more than 16.2 million
members in over 43,500 churches nationwide. The Executive
Committee is the administrative entity responsible for
facilitating the ongoing work of the Convention between
annual meetings with offices in Nashville, Tennessee.
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