Some insider baseball for my SBC followers, especially those at the annual meeting:
Jeff Iorg’s statement that “the mission matters most” is, of course, quite true.
But the way he contrasted that with “other issues, which matter much less” should not delude anyone into thinking that focusing on issues like women pastors are “distractions” from the mission.
Don’t take the bait, brothers and sisters. “The mission that matters most” is God’s mission, but we must undertake that on God’s terms. This means we cannot pit doctrine against evangelism or missions.
The former fuels the latter. As Willy Rice rightly said yesterday, “Faithfulness today means fruitfulness tomorrow.”
Remember this when the time comes to vote for Mohler’s truth and unity amendment.