President of the Southern Baptist Convention and Pastor of Summit Church J. D. Greear has tried to explain his church charging $5 for “Good Friday Worship” with the church choir. And “tried” is the operative word. He tweeted:
For sure limited space. & bc this is a choir concert not a worship service, choir has traditionally sold tickets. But every year they pick a mission project to give 100% of proceeds to—usually one of our community ministry partners. This year it is to send singers to SBC.
But church publicity clearly called it “Good Friday Worship.” And is sending your choir to the Southern Baptist Convention a “mission project”?
Would it have killed Greear to say instead, “We had logistical issues to consider with this worship concert and did not handle them in the best way. As Pastor, I take responsibility and apologize”? Confession is a good thing, you know.
It is certainly much better than such a lame explanation.
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