The 177th annual session of the Missouri Baptist Convention last week at Tan-Tar-A Resort on the Lake of the Ozarks will not be remembered for controversy. Far from it.
Despite the importance many place on this book, even by those outside the church, studies continue to show a woeful ignorance of what's between the covers. In 2007, a book on religious literacy gave Americans an "F" in religion. A 2009 United Kingdom survey concluded