(by Pastor Tom Messer) In the next two posts, I will bring this series of blog posts to a conclusion. My purpose in these posts has been to encourage independent Baptist church leaders to re-focus or remain focused on the historical position of our movement: a commitment to sound doctrine and a passion for the Great Commission. While your individual experience may be different, it is clear that, as a whole, our movement has been identified as one that devotes unhealthy levels of attention to non-essential or peripheral issues and even projects a divisive and critical spirit. I am not comfortable with that kind of stereotype.

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