The National African American Fellowship is a group of black churches within the Southern Baptist Convention. Readers will recall that the Convention passed a constitutional amendment earlier this month with nearly 75% of the vote ruling out female pastors in affiliated churches. Now, the black churches are calling for “extended […]
Category: Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention Taking A Positive Turn
With the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention last week, the prospects for the future are improved. A president– Willy Rice– was elected who has conservative instincts and good communication skills. A constitutional amendment was passed to rule out female pastors. Recall that the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission […]
SBC Leadership Refuses To Advise How Many Convention Employees Vote At Annual Meeting
That they would stonewall on this question is very instructive. The employees of the Convention and its entities are going to be more likely to vote for the more moderate/ liberal candidates and positions. When these employees vote at the annual meeting, it takes away influence from the individual churches […]
Willy Rice Wins SBC Presidency
He got 57 percent of the vote. This is like a lightning bolt. We now have a new day. The news certainly is worthy of praise. I hope he follows through on his “platform”. His influence is made manifest through committee appointments, and will take time.
Faithfulness, Obedience Most Important
Willy Rice delivered a barn-burner of a speech yesterday at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Pastors Conference. It was a direct repudiation of the recent pattern of leadership in the denomination. Votes at the Convention begin today: Willy Rice just preached one of the most prophetic and prescient sermons ever delivered […]
Documentary On Female Pastors In SBC Released On Eve Of Annual Meeting
The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting begins on Tuesday. Messengers will be voting on a constitutional amendment advanced by Albert Mohler and a resolution proposed by presidential candidate Willie Rice– both on the matter of female pastors. Unfortunately, Mohler watered down his proposed amendment a few days ago. This documentary […]
Statement On Female Pastors
Southern Baptists—if we are going to have doctrinally faithful and distinctly Baptist cooperation, then we need to adopt the Truth & Unity Amendment at this year‘s Southern Baptist Convention. The Bible is clear on who is qualified to serve in the office of pastor. We, Southern… pic.twitter.com/PWV1L1QOvB — Timothy Pigg […]
Al Mohler’s Constitutional Amendment On Female Pastors/ Elders/ Overseers
This is a positive development that he is proposing and advocating for this amendment:
Michael Clary On Efforts To Fix The SBC
The annual meeting takes place in June. Center for Baptist Leadership: (T)he single biggest dividing line in evangelicalism today is the courage to fight for our convictions… The refusal to fight for our convictions is simply functional liberalism… Theological liberalism kills churches slowly through bad doctrine. Functional liberalism kills them […]
Southeastern Seminary Has New Leader
I hope he represents an improvement over Danny Akin who presided over the seminary “going woke”. But the Christian Post article states that the new president, Scott Pace, was pulled from the same ecosystem.