These recommendations authorized the BGCT to expand its ministries to families, increase its involvement in multi-cultural ministries and partnership missions, expand its efforts in theological education including the formation of a Bible College and a program of theological education for the laity, and start its own literature program. Texas Baptists Committed supported the passage of all 19 recommendations and we are thrilled at the support each received. No one knows the answers to those questions, but I will attempt to try to answer them from my perspective. I want to make clear that this is only my perspective, not the official position of Texas Baptists Committed or our Executive Board. Resisting fundamentalism equates to supporting Grace as the heart of the Gospel message.
Fundamentalism is legalism, pure and simple.
It is the same mind-set as that of the Pharisees in the New Testament. Each year as Texas Baptists reject fundamentalist control of the BGCT, they are also making a statement that they understand the Gospel to be about God's grace, not rules and regulations. Second, I believe this convention shows Texas Baptists commitment to freedom, autonomy and historic Baptist principles. Texas Baptists understand Baptist polity. They understand the SBC does not control the BGCT or have any authority over the BGCT, or vice versa.