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 […]
Tag: religious left
A Skeptic On Transgender Treatments at Duke Divinity School
The divinity school at Duke has during recent years been a liberal mainline haven. Its heritage is mostly United Methodist. It has not been a place for biblical orthodox Christianity. I was therefore surprised when I learned belatedly that a faculty member there is a major skeptic on transgender treatments […]
When The Pope Appoints An Illegal Immigrant As Bishop In West Virginia
John Zmirak, Chronicles: You’ve probably seen the headlines: Pope Leo chose as the new bishop of West Virginia a certain Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, a once-deported illegal immigrant who snuck into our country in the trunk of a car in 1990 and later wangled U.S. citizenship. This bishop’s elevation was clearly a […]
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.
Local Baptist Pastor Rationalizes Teachers Laying Off Work
Rev. Alan Sherouse is the pastor of a liberal local Baptist church– i.e., First Baptist in Greensboro. He also happens to serve on Guilford County’s school board. He was elected a number of years ago. The school board voted yesterday to close the schools on Friday, May 1. Why? Teachers […]
Senate Race In Texas: Paxton/ Cornyn/ Talarico
The SBC’s Sexual Abuse Sham
A great video below discusses at length the height of the folly associated with the Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of highly publicized sexual abuse allegations. I think the folks who prepared this video have gotten the issue precisely right. Internalize the content, but be forewarned. It may arouse righteous anger:
Lovely Ridgecrest
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/ […]
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 […]