The Cross-Dressing Convention

Cross-dressing is also known as transvestitism. Basically, it is a male dressing as a female for obvious reasons more obvious to some than others. My first experience with this phenomenon was a tale told by a rather bawdy uncle who enjoyed telling stories of his WW II experiences, some of which only occurred in his mind. On this one occasion, according to him, he had left a nightclub with a beautiful young woman on his arm. He hailed a cab and both got into the back seat. Quickly they began to do some lip-locking exercises when at some point Uncle discovered the person at the other end of his kisses was anatomically identical to himself. He hurriedly stopped the kissing, started the pounding, smearing the young lady's make-up and somehow ripping her dress. Both screamed and Uncle bailed from the cab deeply embarrassed.

It has crossed my mind that my convention has engaged in a bit of cross-dressing itself. In doing so, it's sole purpose has been to lure those young pastors who find denominations and conventions unattractive and undesirable into the fold.

Now the convention has done it's research. In fact, that may be where the $27,000,000.00 (yet unexplained)has gone. Somewhere in the bowels of the Baptist Building there is a priceless library saying young pastors prefer networks to conventions and denominations.

So, the BGCT dresses up like a network in order to appeal to this younger crowd.
At the same time, they have told the "over 50" crowd to "Get Lost." Like so many things, it has slipped pass the easily panicked leadership of the BGCT the "over 50" crowd has helped pay the rent for twenty to thirty years while the younger set is spreading their money among their networking friends, of which the BGCT is not one. Hence, the cross-dressing.

To believe this cross-dressing will seduce anyone is not unlike believing the fat lady in the circus can be re-billed as the "Human Zipper." 4,000+ churches and 20+ institutions is a lot to stuff in a skimpy networking dress and be the least bit believable.

But then, things have not been believable in BGCTland for a long time!