1. Most Hispanics are not Republican and apparently I need to be one.
Ideology drives the denomination rather than Christology
2. Most Hispanics are not considered "white". For the most part SBC is an ethnocentric religion (not
denomination) that operates in a colonialist fashion in the US and abroad,
dividing the globe by race in the name of reaching “people groups”.
3. Bible is not as important as SBC claims. Pick, choose and
champion topics such as abortion, marriage to fit ideology, ignoring topics
such as the “care for the alien who live among you” for the same reason.
4. SBC comes across as is not interested in people, but rather interested in
numbers, politics and ideology. People are treated as assets or liability.
Employees tent to hide moral issues including homosexuality, porn use and
drinking among others. Use of whistle blowers is extremely common and encourage
by SBC organizations
5. Similarities with government rather than a living organism: Although
democracy is a great way of conducting politics in a country (by the way, we (USA) are a republic), democracy is not the way church should be guided.
Boards of trustees, commissions are running the organization voting in favor or
against based on their political, economical and ideological convictions rather
than within biblical parameters.
6. Out of touch with reality. Most churches affiliated with
SBC based their evangelism strategy in condescending patronizing models that
include but are not limited to touristic evangelism trips. SBC churches are
dying in the inner cities and completely unable to connect with minorities and
working class. 16 million members but only 6 million attend church. 45% of
member’s income is greater than $50,000. SBC is a religion almost exclusive of
middle and upper middle class
7. Moralistic religion in which a moral code that is not
based on grace and is more important than the work of Jesus. For example, most
SBC members are Pro-life for about 9 months.
8. In the US Currency and Economy we trust!
Cooperative Program, Strategy and programs heavily based on the performance of
the US economy: 2001 giving was down, 2008 giving was down again to the
cooperative program with significant cuts to diverse programs and initiatives
and programs both in the US and Internationally. Faith in the economy rather
than in God
9. Minorities are the only SBC churches growing. Less than
3% of members are Hispanic, 50% of new SBC churches are not white, If ethnic
churches are the only part of SBC growing, and if 70% of Hispanics voted for
Obama in 2012, that may be an indication that 70% of Hispanics will not attend
or become part of an SBC church, in other words, the future of SBC maybe in the
hands of a small percentage of minorities. SBC marketability among Hispanics (the
future of the denomination) in the US maybe less than 15 million people
(including children, women and men of all ages). 1 in 6 Americans are Hispanic while
91% of SBC members are White or Caucasian and less than 3% of SBC members are Hispanic,
Hispanics grew at a rate of 43% during the last 10 years, while membership of
SBC churches decline every year.
10. Why would a Hispanic person would be part of the least diverse
organized religion in America? Only 6.6 millions SBC members attend church, based
on that number and if statistics are correct less than 180 thousand Hispanics,
less than 240 thousand African-American and less than 60 thousand Asians attend
SBC churches regularly. ONLY .36% of
Hispanics in the US attend SBC churches regularly. Minorities, including Hispanics
are not a priority for SBC churches or organizations.
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