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... ... The Summerville News, Thursday, June 19, 1986
Opinions Vary Among Area
‘%fiaptists Over Convention
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closer to obtaining a majority. “Wha
‘they'll tell you is it's an effort to balance
the convention but there has been no
balance from my viewpoint.”
“PROVINCIAL"
He said he is concerned over the future
of the convention's seminaries and
Foreign Mission Board because some
‘“‘conservatives” mafi;be ‘“narrow and pro
vincial” in their thinking and may be
unable to relate to the cultures of foreign
countries.
Reports that some seminaries are
“liberal’ are ‘‘very unfounded and based
on hearsay that's come through disgruntl
ed students, quotations out of context or
even misquotations,” Dr. Colwell said.
There may have been some problems in
the schools ‘‘but they have been dealt with
all along,” he said.
“Diversity is a key word,” the Sum
merville First Baptist Church gnstor said.
“A lot of us feel it is healthy. Adrian
Rogers feels diversity and heresy are
synonyms."’
However, Dr. Colwell and the Rev.
Bearden said they don't feel the con
troversy at the Convention last week will
have much effect on local churches. The
Rev. Davis of Trion said he hopes it will
have a positive effect because “had the
convention not stayed with a conservative
?resident. it would have had a negative ef
ect” on local congregations within the
Convention.
“RIGHT MAN"
However, the Rev. Tony Christie,
Eastor of the First Baptist Church of
yerly, feels the Convention will affect
local churches “‘and that’s why I feel it's
important to get the right man as presi
dent.”
A supporter of the Rev. Rogers, the
Lyerly pastor said he disagrees with the
view that the main issue is politics or a
struggle for power. “‘lt’s not so much a
fight over power, not so much over per
sonalities. f"s)ee it as more of a battle over
the Bible, whether the Bible is inspired
and completely infallible. 1 think most
‘moderates’ feel it is inspired but whether
they think it's infallible, I don’t know. I
truf;' believe that is the issue, not a
golitical struggle, but whether all the Bi
le is God’s Word or whether it is ‘spot
inspired.” "’
“MODERATES ARE LIBERALS”
As for labels used by Baptists and the
news media in connection with the con
troversy, the Rev. Christie referred to
““moderates’ and said, ‘“They used to be
known as ‘liberals’ and they've changed
their name to ‘moderate’ because no one
wants to be known as a ‘liberal.’ It's be
ing changed even more to ‘moderate
conservative.” Conservatives believe the
Bible is the infallible Word of God and
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that's where we stand.” <
And &h: Lyerly pastor said he doesn't
believe that cooperative giving programs
or the Convention's seminaries will%re en
dangered b! conservatives. ‘‘Conser
vatives are doing a good job and becom
ing more mission-oriented than in past
ears.”
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It can be boiled down to those whoagelieve
in the inerrancy of the Bible and those
who do n0t..." He also felt that the
54-46 percent vote which saw the Rev.
Rogers elected Convention president is in
dicative of the split in the convention.
Most of the churches in the Convention
would likely be 90 percent *‘conservative”
and onelg 10 percent ‘‘liberal,”” he
estimated.
As for damage being caused to Baptist
seminaries or mission programs bg' “con
servatives,”” the Rev. Davis said those
who make such claims ‘‘are crying
‘wolf.’ "
“POLITICAL THING”
Meanwhile, the Rev. Jimmy Bryant,
astor of South Summerville Baptist
ghurch. said the Convention ‘‘has become
a political thing. I don’t think there’s any
reason to deny that. At the beginning, and
still the base issue, is an . . . interpretation
of theology. There's what they call the
‘moderate group’ and they've taken a
more liberafinterpretation."
Still, the Rev. Bryant said, the main
issues center around the Bible, whether
Adam and Eve were two real peogle or
just representative of the nations, whether
the miracles are real, as examples. “‘l'm
a literalist. I believe the Bible from begin
ning to end.”
And he said he dislikes the terms
“moderate’’ and ‘‘fundamentalist’ as us
ed in connection with the Baptist
controversy.
“There 1s a power struggle,”” the South
Summerville Bs:rtist Church pastor said.
It centers around the president of the Con
vention because he has the power to ap
point boards and committees that control
the direction of the convention.
He believes that most Southern Bap
tists are “‘more in the middle than either
side would have us believe.”
HURT TESTIMONY
While the Convention struggles likely
won't affect local churches to a great
degree, the Rev. Bryant feels they Tave
‘‘had an effect on the lost community. We
have hurt our testimony, our witness.
We've wounded ourselves in trying to
overcome a problem.” But he is optimistic
that Baptist churches and the Convention
will overcome the problem.
He described Dr. Winfred Moore of
Amarillo, Texas, the “moderates” can
didate for president, ‘“almost as conser
vative as Adrian Rogers theologically,
and a little more tolerant of others.” But
Rogers likelgowill make appointments to
Convention boards that are more pleasing
to %w conservative wing, the Rev. Bryant
said.
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Trion Board Gives Okay
To $2.7-Million Budget
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pany of LaFayette has assum
ed all responsibility for repair
of the damage.
The voltage Problem that
prevented use of the new air
conditioninfi system at Trion
Elementary has been resolved,
accordla; to the superinten
dent. Workmen installed a
new, higher capacity
transformer Sunday. The
school system receives its elec
trical power through an ar
rangement with Riegel Textile
Corporation. sz{ reported
that the new transformer cost
only SIO,OOO, some $3,000 less
than anticipated.
The board unanimously glp
proved continuation of the Ti
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cooperation wit ennville
School and the Chattooga
County Schools.
The Trion school system
pays $6,000 annuall{ for ser
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reading teacher for one day
each week. Due to enrollment,
the Trion system earns only a
fraction of a teacher's salary
under the federally funded
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he board Eave advance
permission to the su?:rinten
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staff members during July.
The two positions to be filled
are assistant coach and
remediation teacher.
The board will not meet in
July and will hold its next
regular meeting at 5 p.m. Aug.
18 in the elementary school
library.
Present for the meeting
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Jim Hall, Mary Haygood and
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COOKS RESPOND
In a letter published today
in The Summerville News,
cooks at the work camp in a let
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