Welcome to the Conversations That Matter Podcast. I'm your host John Harris.

We're going to jump right into it because the Southern Baptist Convention is still going on this week.

It's Tuesday evening, and I want to give you some of the highlights

on what happened today at the meeting for you who are Southern Baptist in the audience.

So first we're going to start with Jeff Lorg's speech

to the convention.

He is the new chairman of the executive committee.

And here are some of the things that he had to say and they are getting some

traction and attention. The most common mission substitutes among Southern

Baptists today are political activism, social justice, convention reform, and doctrinal conformity.

Political activists are committed to electing the right candidates to support their political positions.

Some Christian leaders even endorse politicians rather than speaking truth to power and

demanding accountability to God's standards.

For some Christians, political action is their mission and their

future hope centers on political outcomes. The second common mission substitute is

social justice.

The list of issues in this category is lengthy,

including abortion, racism, immigration, human trafficking,

and dozens of other causes.

Christians devoted to these issues are well-intentioned people

who believe their cause is a worthy mission

with biblical references to supporting their position.

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