State Baptist Convention leaders rebuke SBC Elite over lack of partnership. Make clear Elites must s

.......We are convinced the results reveal diminished fruitfulness, and guidelines,” the state leaders say. “In spite of this, we have greatly reduced staff and state-directed ministry to provide Cooperative Program funds to the national SBC.”

This is the issue with the Cooperative Program—it is now taking more money away from states and yielding little in return. Baptisms are down. Church plants are down. The only thing that is up—expenses. The cost per church plant is up 531% under Ezell.

Ezell is facing a major lawsuit over allegations that his threats resulted in firing a state Baptist Convention executive director and that Ezell or people acting on Ezell’s behalf actively worked to keep that man from finding other work.

NAMB also has come under fire for spending tens of millions of dollars on questionable projects like the multipurpose project just outside Atlanta, Georgia—where about $15 million would be spent on a church renovation, building four soccer fields and a mixed-use retail center.


REBELLION: 6 State Convention Leaders Reveal Truth About SBC - Capstone Report