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MAINSTREAM MESSENGER Vol. 2, No. 5 December 1999 Editor: Bruce PrescottPost-Convention SupplementOBU Refuses Mainstream Ad Lending support to Oklahoma Baptist University is one of the purposes for which Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists exists. So, when a person selling advertising space in the OBU directory contacted us last June, we were delighted to make a generous contribution to the University’s directory. We were disappointed to learn in late November that the new administration at OBU has refused to accept our support. A representative of the University stated that “they do not want to appear to endorse any group that is viewed as a political entity by a large percentage of the members of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma.” When asked if the University “endorsed” any of the churches, organizations and businesses that are permitted to advertise their directory, the representative admitted that they did not. Mainstream Baptists can only view this as another sad instance in a long list of sorry excuses rationalizing the exclusion of Mainstream Baptists from full participation in Oklahoma Baptist life. BP |
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