June 18, 2001

Quotable Quotes
___"Most Texas Baptists, it seems, are supportive of the SBC and its return to conservative roots."
___ Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler, in Baptist Press June 12

___"There are two institutions which God said the leadership is male only. One is the home, where the Scripture is plain where it says the husband is to be the head of the home. And the other is the church, where the Scripture says a man should be in the role of a senior pastor."
___ SBC President James Merritt, interviewed in a June 3 segment of "60 Minutes" focusing on Anne Graham Lotz

___"Basically everybody goes to the convention this year with the intent of eating their way across New Orleans."
___ Former SBC President Paige Patterson, quoted in the Dallas Morning News June 12

___"We should not be in the business of continually debating the Baptist Faith & Message on the floor of the convention. ... On these truths we take our stand and we will not give an inch."
___ Al Mohler, arguing against a motion to amend a portion of the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message

___"The SBC must cooperate with our state conventions. Our state conventions must cooperate with the SBC. We must take the initiative in volunteering to cooperate willingly, genuinely and enthusiastically."
___ SBC Executive Committee President Morris Chapman in his address to the convention

___"When Roger Moran is publicly criticized, we will be glad to pull the ads."
___ BGCT Executive Director Charles Wade, responding to a Baptist Press reporter who asked about a statewide ad campaign designed to "tell the truth" about the BGCT and counter misinformation published by the SBC and Missouri layman Roger Moran

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