NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Two Southern Baptist members are circulating an initiative calling church members to "remove their children from … government schools," according to Baptist Press.

The proposal has not yet been accepted for a recommendation by the Resolutions Committee. Jack Graham, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and pastor of the Dallas-area Prestonwood Baptist Church, said it is only one of many received in time for the June 15-16 SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis.

Reportedly, the normal committee procedures will be followed in processing the resolution.

"I have great confidence in both our Resolutions Committee and the process," Graham said. "This committee will prayerfully consider each proposed resolution and will then recommend those resolutions that best reflect the heart of Southern Baptists."

The resolution was submitted by T.C. Pickney, former SBC second vice president and editor of the Baptist Banner newsletter and Bruce Shortt, Texas coordinator for Exodus Mandate, an organization that advances private, Christian and home-school education to replace public education.

John Revell, the Executive Committee's staff liaison to the SBC Resolutions Committee, said, "The Southern Baptist Convention has more than 43,000 churches with more than 16.3 million members. Any -- or all -- of those members could hypothetically submit a proposed resolution on any subject matter they choose. The Resolutions Committee prayerfully and carefully evaluates each proposal to determine if it is suitable for submission to the Southern Baptist Convention."

The resolution being promoted by Pinckney and Shortt "encourages all officers and members of the Southern Baptist Convention and the churches associated with it to remove their children from the government schools and see to it that they receive a thoroughly Christian education, for the glory of God, the good of Christ's church, and the strength of their own commitment to Jesus...."

The Resolutions Committee will meet in Indianapolis prior to the SBC annual meeting. They will consider submitted proposals and determine what resolutions will be submitted to the Convention for consideration.