Thank you for your continuing, incisive, balanced presentation of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) challenges and needs. It is evident that Southern Baptists need an awakening to prepare us for a renewed Great Commission challenge.
With moderate intelligence and awareness of the condition of our nation and world, I do not see the Great Commission Resurgence reports and plans as a significant step forward.
As you do, I have some “thoughts.” “A Million More in ‘54” was a plan to enroll that many more people in SBC Sunday Schools in one year. It worked. Conversions and baptisms increased in impressive numbers in 1954 and succeeding years.
A simple plan for simple folks like me would probably work again. How about a new slogan? “Prepared for Heaven in 2011.” “Enroll a Million More in SBC Sunday Schools in 2011.”
Ralph B. Jernigan
Jackson’s Gap, Ala.
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