New SBC Blog Adopts Moderate Name

A group of five fundamentalist bloggers are launching a group blog similar to the "new" and struggling SBC Outpost.

And the name of this hot new blog?

SBC Today

Wes Kenney & Company clearly need to brush up on their Baptist history....

Apparently they forgot (or never knew) that SBC Today was the most staunchly MODERATE newspaper from 1983-1991 at the height of the Fundamentalist Takeover or so-called "Conservative Resurgence" of the Southern Baptist Convention!

Founded by Walker Knight in 1983, SBC Today was an autonomous news publication that informed moderate Baptists about events arising of the Fundamentalist Takeover within the Southern Baptist Convention. After the Takeover was essentially complete, SBC Today changed her name to Baptists Today and adopted a much broader mission.

And for more history fellas, let's revisit what the "Peace Committee" said about SBC Today back in 1987:

Despite these recommendations approved by the Southern Baptist Convention, the Peace Committee finds that some of the state Baptist papers and the autonomous journals--The Southern Baptist Advocate, SBC Today, Baptists United News and The Baptist Laity Journal-have continued to use intemperate, inflammatory language and have labeled individuals and impugned motives.

We renew again our request to these papers and journals to contribute to the process of reconciliation and the promotion of our cooperative work together as we seek to do the work of Christ. We again call upon all state Baptist papers and the independent autonomous journals to comply with the action taken at the Atlanta Convention and outlined above. We call upon individual Southern Baptists to use their influence to help stop these divisive actions.

I find it rather humorous that Establishment bloggers would choose to adopt the name of a moderate publication which your fundamentalist fathers accused of supposedly using "intemperate, inflammatory language" that "impugned" the motives of your fellow fundy brethren.

What's the dealie, yo? No creativity?

Surely they didn't consult Papa Bear Paige on this poor name choice?

Anyways, click here for the SBC Today Press Release.