One concern of the BGCT Seminary Study Committee was a hiring process for Southern Baptist Convention faculty that was perceived to be broken. Our faculty themselves would be one of our best resources for learning what this hiring policy should be. While we probably will not soon depart from a trustee system for our seminaries, the SBC annual meeting can instruct the trustees and seminary administrators as to policy. Messengers represent the people who pay the bills. It is within a study committee's purview to publish tentative proposals, accept criticism and make modifications.
Light is the principle way to combat error.
If a study committee will take the time to build a consensus for proposals that take account of bipartisan concerns and are transparently sound, then it is still possible to gain the muster for passage in an SBC annual meeting. Unfortunately, the very significant news was relegated to a minor role so that you could use the occasion to foment some more discord between the state convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. On every occasion you seem to choose the path that breeds discord rather than Christian love. Due to this past October's BGCT vote, we thought it necessary to write expressing our sorrow and disappointment. We deeply regret the BGCT action, which will create difficult times for many students who have God's calling on their lives.