Great Commission Christians, in Great Commission churches, transforming communities with the Gospel. That mission statement was the closing sentence in my last Pathway article. I wondered, when I wrote that sentence, if anyone would pick up on the similarities as well as the differences between that statement and the vision statement I offered at the at the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) annual meeting last fall. Some did. I have been somewhat surprised but also pleased at the number of Missouri Baptists who noticed and asked about it. 

Public opinion polls, like ideas, have consequences. Such is the case with the raging debate over President Obama's faith following two polls that show a number of Americans believe Obama to be a Muslim. The president, who has kept his faith largely to himself, has publicly said he is a Christian.