The Daniel Keene case shows how extra-biblical “charges,” opaque processes, and elder overreach corrode Baptist polity. Historic Baptist church discipline is meant to protect the purity of the church and restore sinners through clear, biblical charges and a congregational process (Matt. 18:15–17; 1 Cor. 5). What happened to Texas business
When JD Greear tells pastors to “stay above the fray,” he’s not calling them to holiness. He’s calling them to silence. In his essay, Faithfulness amid the Culture War, published at the hive of scum and villainy known as The Gospel Coalition, Greear argues that pastors occupy a different plane
A pastor has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars in funds and property from his (now former) church that was intended to go to victims of Hurricane Helene but instead reportedly went into his pockets. Jeffrey Brian Merrow, 60, of Marion, is charged with felony embezzlement and felony larceny,
The Presbyterian Church (USA) just revealed its membership numbers for 2023, and it is not pretty. The liberal denomination is showing a continued loss of membership, closure of churches, an increasingly aging population, and an inexorable decline into irrelevancy, with one of the only rising data points being the number
Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church received an extended standing ovation after returning to the pulpit for the first time in nearly five months, quipping, “I should go away more often,” after receiving raucous cheers and clapping. The 85-year-old pastor made brief comments during the Sunday evening service, sharing
Former OPC mainstay and professing-complementarian-turned-egalitarian Aimee Byrd continues her repudiation and deconstruction of her former convictions, sharing on her Substack that she officiated a wedding last week that she insists “ranks up there with the most real, Spirit-filled experiences of my life.” Once part of The Mortification of Spin, a podcast
During a Grace Community Church Sunday night service, Pastor John MacArthur answered a question about his friend, former Trinity Bible Church pastor and former Master’s Seminary professor Steve Lawson, stating one of the ways God loves and purifies the church is “to expose someone in a position they have no
One year after we first interviewed the Hall family, David interviews JD Hall’s wife to get her side of the story on how church discipline went sideways.
Additional details are becoming known concerning the adultery and recent disqualification of former Trinity Bible Church pastor Steve Lawson. According to inside sources speaking to Protestia on condition of anonymity, the fixture in conservative, reformed evangelicalism was “living a double life in the heart of the reformed community.” The young
Eighteen months ago, Mike Baker abruptly stepped down from his role leading one of the biggest megachurches in the state following allegations that he covered up his son’s sexual misconduct. A subsequent investigation conducted by church-hired attorneys found the allegations that he and his son Caleb Baker engaged in gross misconduct.
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