A motion to abolish the ERLC at the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention has failed. During the convention, Tom Ascol, President of Founders Ministries and senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, FL, brought forth the motion arguing that the truly awful, useless and reprehensible ERLC, formerly led by
In a blistering blow to biblical fidelity, SBC messengers have flip-flopped on an amendment to the constitution that would have barred churches with lady pastors from being considered in friendly cooperation with the convention, ensuring hundreds of churches with unbiblical and sinful leadership structures will live to fight another day.
Clint Pressley, the Senior Pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC, has been elected President of the Southern Baptist Convention, taking over from Bart Barber and beating out Dan Spencer in the third runoff. Notably, David Allen, our second pick for SBC President after Jared Moore, lost to
According to its own website, “Rock Bridge Community Church was planted in 2002 by Matt Evans, his wife, Beth, and a core team of people who saw the need for a new kind of church. They dreamed of a church that would reach the lost, the broken, the de-churched, and the
Chuck Parry is the Director of Healing Ministries at Bethel Church in Redding, California, and one of the primary teacher of the schools. According to his bio, his life is “marked by both faith and the miraculous” and he’s “seen the dead raised, food multiplied, storms move out of the
Pastor Tony Evans of the Dallas megachurch Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship has announced that he’s stepping away from public ministry on account of sins he committed years ago, sharing in part on his church’s website: “When we fall short of that standard due to sin, we are required to repent
The only thing the SBC’s North American Mission Board likes more than not being financially transparent is flouting their gaudy expenses in the face of sacrificially-giving pew-sitters, perfectly exemplified by NAMB’S 2024 annual meeting exhibit, which featured a race car wrapped in their logo and colors. Because the institutions react
Another year, another SBC Annual Meeting. Technically, the “Convention” only exists for a Tuesday and Wednesday every year as thousands of messengers descend on a metropolitan convention center to discuss and debate business. While readers and supporters of Protestia are wisely suspicious of the kind of institutionalism that characterizes the
The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, believed to be one of the oldest texts in existence, is being auctioned off by Christie’s this Tuesday and is notable for containing the complete epistle of 1 Peter and the book of Jonah. Eugenio Donadoni, Christie’s senior specialist for books and manuscripts, explains that the manuscript
The ‘Gay’ Amendment: Cooperation and Homosexuality in the United Methodist Church. (June 6, 1971) Last year I publicly said that the Gay Amendment, (which clarifies that the United Methodist Church only cooperates with churches that do not affirm homosexuality) which would have deleterious—even if unintended—consequences. Since that time, I’ve had a
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