Ridgecrest is a Southern Baptist retreat/ conference/ camp facility in the North Carolina mountains. It has been operating for over a century. Many Southern Baptists have attended retreats there over the years. Approximately 6 years ago, it was sold to a private ministry group– Ridgecrest Ministries— but maintains a Christian/ […]
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Southern Baptist Leftward Drift Described
Mark DeVine teaches at Samford University’s divinity school. Samford, located in Nashville, was a Baptist-founded school; and continues to be a Christian school. DeVine wrote a couple of articles for the Center of Baptist Leadership website. They are found here and here. DeVine rightfully decries the liberal drift in the […]
Summit Church Advocacy/ Refugee Resettlement Partners Among NC SBC Churches
Jon Harris reports that ten Southern Baptist churches in the Triangle region are partners with a refugee resettlement organization. Be reminded also that Summit Church– J.D. Greear’s home base in Durham– is affiliated with Mercy Hill Church here in Greensboro: Summit Church in Durham, NC put this out in conjunction […]
Glaring Indictment Of SBC Leadership
Take a listen to hear what this Virginia pastor is saying about the Southern Baptist Convention: Big-tent denominations need a paradigm shift to faithfully serve local churches. From woke ideology to shallow theology to financial discrepancies, trust has eroded. We are shifting our resources to serve our church and other […]
Local Liberal Church To Have “Easter Service” Telecast Nationwide
It was announced this week that Greensboro’s First Presbyterian Church will have a nationally broadcast “Easter” service this year. The service will be recorded next month and aired on Easter Sunday on ABC television. To call this church “liberal” is an understatement. It now has a female head pastor. It […]
Metaxas/ Basham On SBC “MeToo”
I recommend highly the following interview. Eric Metaxas gets to the essence of the issue of the handling of sexual abuse allegations within the Southern Baptist Convention. He interviews Megan Basham starting at the 22:45 mark:
How To Reverse The Radicalization of Young Women
The cultural and political posture adopted by young women is potentially a civilizational crisis. While young men are increasingly turning to the church and to conservatism, young women are utterly radicalized. They increasingly reject marriage and motherhood. They usually reject biblical Christianity. And they vote for socialists overwhelmingly. David Mitzenbacher […]
Mercy Hill Pastor On “Racial Injustice”
Mercy Hill is a Southern Baptist church started by J.D. Greear here in Greensboro over a decade ago. It has enjoyed enormous growth; and recently built a large new building on a piece of land near the airport. The following is a sermon delivered by its pastor, Andrew Hopper, in […]
Willy Rice Running For SBC President
There will be more to say about this. Check out his announcement, released just a couple of hours ago:
Alternatives To The SBC Entities
The revelations about some of the things happening at the Southern Baptist Convention’s “entities” have led some churches to reconsider their Cooperative Program giving. In response, a key leader within the Convention has criticized those churches that do this. I received a couple of e-mail blasts last week. Timothy Pigg– […]