We have all seen many turtles dead in the middle of the road but the only turtle that makes any progress must stick out his neck and plunge ahead carefully. I call you to be sure Jesus is God's Son, born to a virgin, died and buried, raised again, ascended to heaven, is coming again, is not willing that any should die and go to hell, is urging all to answer yes to His call to salvation, He is the only way to heaven and is calling all Christians to be workers to carry His Light and Word both at home and all over the world. If we are to love gays, adulterers, radical feminist and others that are out of God's will, then we must not support them financially and we must love them enough to tell them they are wrong. Our job is to tell them about Jesus, not to compromise and or befriend them. We are not called to accept all of the religions of the world but we are called to preach Jesus Christ. You are not called to get along with the politically elite of your convention, or of pastors or DOMs or of this world's politics and parties. We are called to make a difference because the One very different, made a difference in our lives. Standing in the middle of the road is dangerous. You will get knocked down by the traffic from both ways. Stand in Christ.. I have even been called crazy for standing for the fact that I believe so in Christ. I remind my accusers that a mighty oak was once just a little nut that stood its ground. In the past we as Missouri Southern Baptist have had five institutions that have decided by themselves to become self governing. Folks, that is the tail wagging the dog. If you really believe this works; tell your boss tomorrow that you will make your own rules at work from now on and there will be nothing they can do about it and besides this is a free country and your autonomy says you may work where you please. Also to make it sound good; tell them it is for their own legal protection. You have to wonder about a lot of humans anyway. They think God is dead and Elvis is alive. It is time Missouri Southern Baptist and all Evangelical Christians get on their knees and Pray. Remember togetherness is two tom cats with their tails tied together hung over a clothes line but it sure is not unity. We have heard much about the local autonomy of the church and how we are interfering with this autonomy. We are not interfering in any way. Your local autonomy gives you the privilege to believe anything you want to but our autonomy as an association, state convention, or national convention gives us the right to disagree with you and even ask you to leave, because your beliefs are not in anyway of like faith and order, as we as Southern Baptists believe. We can then with prayer continue in unification to carry out the Great Comission. I pray for our brothers and sisters in other denominations, where others are causing division and disrupting God's worship in Jesus Christ. As a child I rode bareback on an old under-fed mule. I got what you will get as long as you sit on the fence. I got a sore back side. I love God, the HABA, the MBC, the SBC, the USA and I surely love you.

We love You! & May God Really Bless You,

B.A., H.A.B.A., D.O.M., S.B.C., M.B.C., KRAZY