(Free the States) On September 15, Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Bart Barber unleashed a vicious, dishonest Twitter attack against SBC pastor Dusty Deevers. (Watch Deevers’ response to the various attacks here.) One day later, Barber Tweeted an equally dishonest thread against the Abolitionist Movement in general. On Friday, Barber “repented” on Twitter. Unfortunately,
In an interview with the Associated Press, Andy Wood, the new pastor of the 25,000-member, 14-campus Saddleback Church that recently recently raised eyebrows after ordaining several pastrixes and having a “Blacks Only worship service” where no white members were allowed in, so the “black fold” could have a “safe space” to “heal,”
As war wages in the Southern Baptist Convention over whether or women are qualified to be pastors, the controversy sparked anew after SBC church Saddleback Church commissioned and ordained several pastrixes, Pastor Mike Law of Arlington Baptist Church in Arlington, VA, sent an open letter to the SBC Executive Committee,
Open theism is a false teaching that attempts to explain God’s foreknowledge in relation to man’s free will. Open theism essentially teaches that God can’t actually know everything, for if He did, then man couldn’t truly be free. Open theism denies the essential attributes of God, namely his omniscience, but
Every week, faithful church members dutifully write checks to support the Lord’s work at their local Baptist church, and thousands of these churches turn over a percentage of this giving to the para-church cooperation known as the Southern Baptist Convention. The bulk of this funding goes to support international evangelism/church
Just when you thought the SBC was as wayward and corrupt as it could get, enter Kevin Ezell. In response to massive pushback from the pews, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mision Board (NAMB) issued an “apology” letter for lending the rapidly-waning credibility of the nation’s
Juggling the heads of sheep to entertain the goats, FL, an 8000- member Southern Baptist megachurch, Church by the Glades, continues its celebration of all things fleshly. Known for their extravagant attempts to keep their members entertained, in the past few months alone they’ve played a cover of Run D.M.C’s sleazy and
In the last week, two more churches have voted to leave the SBC. The first is Pueblo West Baptist Church in Pueblo West, CO. They’ve been affiliated with the SBC since 1973, where for decades they’ve faithfully supported the Cooperative Program (11%), and their local association (3%.) No longer. Citing
The United States Department of Justice has formally initiated an investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of clergy sexual abuse, with the government likely setting the stage for a prolonged and expansive probe into the inner workings of the denomination. The general counsel for the Executive Committee has confirmed
“Women pastors and women preachers are the most obvious rebellion against the word of God.” John MacArthur Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president Adam Greenway caused a stir on social media after posting Lifeway’s Study Guide on the definition of a pastor, suggesting that while the Baptist Faith and Message 2000
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