032 Southern Baptists, Racism, Church terrorist attacks, Marriage equality, and recruiting tactics

This week we joined our Southern Baptist neighbors for church.  We begin the episode by saying that we couldn't visit a convention of churches founded by slaveholding motivations without talking about the terrorist attack at Emanuel AME church in Charleston South Carolina.  We discuss the uncomfortable and damning silence of white Protestant churches that refuse to confess and repent of racism in our past and present. Wendy tells us about the wine of the day and we promptly toast all of the happy couples in light of the Supreme Court ruling giving marriage equality nationwide!  We discuss the history of the Baptists in America, and how they moved from the persecuted powerless to the powerful persecutors in many cases.  We discuss slavery's indelible imprint on Southern Baptists and why they won't ever get past it...because they don't want to talk about it.  We talk about the service we attended and the desperation many feel and see across Christendom in the United States as we look around and see the decline of our once-thriving churches.  Finally, we talk about what Baptists are really good at...or at least we think they are...recruitment!For an OFFICIAL view of the Southern Baptist Convention, visit their website at sbc.net