Who Says Ex-Baptists Haven't Grown Up?

As an “ex-SBCer” I’m hesitant to write about the situation among Baptists in the second decade of the 21st century. According to my friend David Gushee, as an ex-SBCer I should actually be retired, or, as one respondent commented, “just about gone,” so best to keep silent about the future.

Well, I may be “gone,” but I’m not retired, so I’ll venture ahead. Dr. Gushee (Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, senior columnist for ABPnews/Herald, theologian-in-residence for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship), recently published a trinity of essays that have sparked valuable dialogue as to CBF identity in general and “ex-Southern Baptist” baggage in particular.