1. Welcome to Baptist Board, a friendly forum to discuss the Baptist Faith in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!

BBFI compromise

Discussion in '2000-02 Archive' started by bb_baptist, Aug 29, 2002.

  1. DocCas

    DocCas New Member

    Joined:
    Jul 24, 2000
    Messages:
    4,103
    Likes Received:
    1
    So when he displays his bias, he is intolerant, but when you display your bias you are not intolerant? How does that work? Is this what is usually called a "double standard?" [​IMG]
     
  2. go2church

    go2church Active Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Jun 21, 2002
    Messages:
    4,304
    Likes Received:
    6
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Doc,
    Have you read the Plains Baptist Challenger lately?!?! Now the BBF is on his hit list, are you kidding me, the BBF!?! If I am intolerant because I point out that E.L. B. has a very biased viewpoint then so be it. From the very beginning I stated that if it was coming form him this great compromise was probably not that big of a deal, which it isn't. If you want to play silly little word games then go ahead, I respect that you are defending your friend, but I'm not the one who called his paper a "rag".
     
  3. SBG

    SBG New Member

    Joined:
    May 24, 2002
    Messages:
    151
    Likes Received:
    0
    How did this thread get in here?
     
  4. VoiceInTheWilderness

    Joined:
    Jul 10, 2002
    Messages:
    117
    Likes Received:
    0
    Couldn't have been stated any better...

    :D
     
  5. Mrs KJV

    Mrs KJV <img src =/MrsKJV.gif>

    Joined:
    Mar 7, 2002
    Messages:
    215
    Likes Received:
    0
    Our Pastor says people are always asking him leave the BBF. How can you leave something that you have never joined? The BBF doesn't control his church, so how can it control others to make them do what's right? All Independent Baptist's run their own churches. The BBF doesn't.
     
  6. rlvaughn

    rlvaughn Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2001
    Messages:
    10,544
    Likes Received:
    1,558
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Hi, Abbey. I'm not out to fight the different independent Baptist fellowships out there, including BBFI. But there are some things that I disagree with in the BBFI program. For example:

    ARTICLE III - AFFILIATION
    Affiliation with the Baptist Bible Fellowship International is open to any Baptist pastor of a supporting Baptist church believing in and adhering to the Word of God, on the basis of the Articles of Faith appended hereto. A supporting Baptist church is one that financially supports our missions or colleges.

    In theory the BBFI may be only a fellowship, but some kind of entity exists that requires support of our missions and our colleges. Notice also this is a fellowship of PASTORS, not churches. Can anyone explain who actually owns our missions and our colleges? Is it the pastors of the BBFI?

    ARTICLE V - VOTING RIGHTS
    Each church shall have one vote. Recognizing that this is a fellowship of pastors, this vote shall be cast by the pastor, or in his absence, by his authorized alternate.

    Because it is a fellowship of pastors, no one has a right to cast a vote unless a supporting pastor, or someone authorized by that pastor.

    ARTICLE VI - OFFICERS
    Section 1. Any elected officer of this fellowship shall be a pastor of a supporting church.

    Because it is a fellowship of pastors, no one can hold office except supporting pastors.

    ARTICLE VII - SUBSIDIARIES AND PROPERTIES OF THE BAPTIST BIBLE FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL
    The BBFI claims to be a fellowship of pastors, but SOMEBODY owns subsidiaries and properties.

    The above [italicized portion] is from the BBFI Constitution and By-Laws. Below is part of the requirement for Applications to be a BBFI Missionary: Candidate must be a graduate of a BBF owned or approved college (Baptist Bible College or Baptist Bible Grad. School of Theology - Springfield, MO; BBC - Boston, MA; Atlantic BBC - Chester, VA; Louisiana Baptist University - Shreveport, LA).
    I think they do allow for some exceptions, but in the main they require not only the education, but that you get it in their schools.

    I just point these out as just a few reasons why I would not participate in a Fellowship structured like the BBFI. While they purport to be an independent Baptist Fellowship, they have a denominational structure in many ways like an association or convention. They own things separate and apart from the churches and they place stipulations which the churches must meet. Yes, the churches are autonomous - they don't have to do these things. They just have to do them to participate in the BBFI. Doctrinal differences aside, why would BBFI people do a lot of complaining about the SBC structure? Why should the BBFI not just be honest about it and explain that they are not just a simple IB fellowship?

    [edited to try to clarify that the italicized portions are from BBFI's own materials]

    [ September 11, 2002, 10:41 AM: Message edited by: rlvaughn ]
     
  7. DocCas

    DocCas New Member

    Joined:
    Jul 24, 2000
    Messages:
    4,103
    Likes Received:
    1
    Interesting theory. However, the Baptist Bible Fellowship International Directory, published by BBFI Missions Office, P.O. Box 191, Springfield, MO 65801-0191, seems to indicate differently. Starting on page 1 we see the heading, "Baptist Bible Fellowship Churches." Now, if it is a "fellowship of pastors" how can there be "Baptist Bible Fellowship Churches?"
     
  8. rlvaughn

    rlvaughn Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2001
    Messages:
    10,544
    Likes Received:
    1,558
    Faith:
    Baptist
    I agree, DocCas. It is an interesting theory, but it's not my theory. The BBFI Constitution says it is a fellowship of pastors. That's why I think someone is not being completely honest; at the least they are not consistent in their statements.
     
  9. DocCas

    DocCas New Member

    Joined:
    Jul 24, 2000
    Messages:
    4,103
    Likes Received:
    1
    yes, I know. I didn't mean to imply it was your theory. [​IMG]
     
  10. Siegfried

    Siegfried Member

    Joined:
    Jul 31, 2000
    Messages:
    689
    Likes Received:
    0
    I'm not going to tolerate any more of this intolerance! Intolerance has no place on this board, and I'm not going to put up with it. [​IMG]
     
Loading...