FORT WORTH—Randel Everett’s greatest fear is that Texas Baptists will miss out on their “kingdom assignment” from God.
“I want to see Texas Baptists carried by the great force of that assignment and to be in the middle of the river of God’s missional activity,” Everett, the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ executive director, told a breakfast gathering at the BGCT annual meeting in Fort Worth Nov. 11.
Specifically, he challenged Texas Baptists to meet the goals of Texas Hope 2010—to share the gospel with every Texan by Easter 2010 and ensure no child in the state goes hungry.
Everett spoke to the annual breakfast meeting of Texas Baptists Com-mitted, the organization that mobilized political opposition to fundamentalism for two decades. But missions—not politics—took center stage at this year’s event.
The change in emphasis reflects a changing role for the organization, Texas Baptists Committed Executive Director David Currie said.
“We don’t come to the convention to fight anymore. Those days are over,” Currie said.
Instead, Texas Baptists Committed is directing its energy toward helping teach Baptist principles and helping church search committees not be deceived by ministers with a different understanding of what it means to be Baptist, he stressed.
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