We need CP, TAB

In response to the Feb. 14, 2013, article “Adjusting to Current Realities,” it is my hope that The Alabama Baptist will need to do very little “adjusting to current realities” other than what has already been done. The use of the Internet to deliver an enhanced version of The Alabama Baptist and Archives and Resource Center are certainly good changes.

Unfortunately, it is true that some Baptist churches are reducing their Cooperative Program giving and subscriptions to The Alabama Baptist. This tends to isolate those congregations from the family of Southern Baptist churches in Alabama. The impact of cooperative activities of Southern Baptists will be reduced because of the reduced funds and decreased participation by church members. Also, the isolated congregations can more easily be misled to become assemblies that are not recognizable as Southern Baptist churches.

We need the Cooperative Program and our Baptist newspaper because, as the apostle Peter wrote, “The devil, like a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom he may devour.”

Gary Briscoe
Hoover, Ala.