Frank Page: Unity Affects Evangelism
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Dr. Frank Page, president and chief executive officer of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, addresses Kentucky Baptists during the evening session of the 174th annual meeting convened on Nov. 15, 2011 at Florence Baptist Church at Mt. Zion.
Page described himself as the "CEO, Chief Encouraging Officer of the Southern Baptist Convention."
The More for Christ challenge should be accepted with a sense of urgency, said Page, a former pastor and SBC president.
"In our 21st century world, we have winked at sin too often," he said. "For too long we have told the world, ‘Find your own way. We’re not going to tell you.’"
Cooperation is vitally important if Baptists and other believers are to fulfill the Great Commission, he added.
"I believe our unity affects our evangelism," Page said. "When we cannot work together, we forfeit the prayer of Jesus" that is recorded in the 17th chapter of the Gospel of John. "We tell the world, ‘Go to hell. We don’t care.’"
Page said even though Satan has a plan to thwart Christians, it is important to remember that God has a plan, too.
"We have a mission," he said, referencing the biblical instruction to "run with patience the race that is set before us." Page said he finds comfort that there is a race to be run because it is proof that "God has a plan."
