“This is especially obvious in a household. A father’s faithful life—or his abdication—shapes his children. But it goes further. The trajectory he sets has a ripple effect: his grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even those outside his family are pulled into the wake of his character. This is the power of gravitas. And what’s true of a household is true of institutions.”
(Michael Foster – American Reformer) Before I explain why the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is worth fighting for, let me tell you a story about the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).
I came into the PCA in 2014. Early on, I met a ruling elder who, at first, struck me as a typical company man—the kind of guy who plays it safe, avoids confrontation, and just keeps the wheels turning. He was a soft-spoken Southerner. And I’m very much a blunt Midwesterner.
He had grown up in the Southern Presbyterian tradition. I didn’t grow up in the church at all. My upbringing was fractured and rootless. I had little connection to my grandfathers and no real inheritance of culture, faith, or tradition. I was, like many Americans, an accidental individualist. I didn’t think in terms of legacy. I thought in terms of immediacy.
So naturally, I misread him. I thought he was just going along with the system.
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