Low turnout

It’s good to hear of no mean-spirited fallout from this year’s state convention. It’s perplexing, however, to read that this year’s registration of messengers was the lowest in 50 years.

Perhaps SBC President Bobby Welch’s brief message on page 10 of The Alabama Baptist should be highlighted and expanded to include a challenge to the convention to reach out to all churches.

It’s not a criticism, but it is an observation that the convention is no longer publicized in many Baptist congregations. Why?

Kathryn and John Vanderford
Jacksonville, Ala.