The manner in which the Southern Baptist Convention’s leadership chose to handle the “sexual abuse” crisis was controversial from the outset. Their solution took away the autonomy of local churches, and presumed certain of the men accused to be guilty. Megan Basham devoted over forty pages of her book to […]
Tag: Southern Baptist Convention
Using Joe Rigney’s Book to Add Context To Megan Basham’s Book
I just returned from vacation during which I had the opportunity to finish reading two books that are interrelated. Readers will recall that we had posted here several interviews featuring journalist Megan Basham during which she discussed her new book, “Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for […]
Another Southern Seminary Story
This is the institution led by Albert Mohler. HT: Dissenter In this audio, Rosaria Butterfield rebukes Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for approving the dissertation of Nate Collins, who would later found @revoiceorg. In answering the question how Criticial Theory ended up in the church, Butterfield astutuely observes, "Bad ideas… pic.twitter.com/FGWdR9rxL6 […]
SBC Resolution on In Vitro Fertilization
One of the relatively few positive changes that arose from last week’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention was a resolution against In Vitro Fertilization. While the resolution was perhaps not as strong as it could have been, it nevertheless spoke from a pro-life standpoint on a topic that […]
New SBC President: Clint Pressley
Clint Pressley was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention this week. He is the pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte. Given the fact that he was not among the two identifiably most conservative candidates that were running, I wanted to learn more about him. It appears that […]
SBC Annual Meeting: Who Favors Female Pastors?
JD Greear says we need to allow female pastors because black churches have female pastors; and we would be driving away black churches if we support the “Law Amendment” that would make female pastors impermissible within the Southern Baptist Convention. That gives you an indication of where he stands. Behind […]
When Evangelicals Take Money From the Left
Megan Basham is from North Carolina. She used to write for World Magazine. The below video introduces her new book, Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded The Truth For A Leftist Agenda. It describes in detail the manner in which the left is influencing evangelical churches and denominations, often […]
Local Southern Baptist Pastor Charged By US DOJ
Matthew Queen was recently called to become pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro. The Christian Post is reporting today that he is being criminally charged by Joe Biden’s DOJ in connection with his previous position at one of the seminaries. Biden had been going after the Southern Baptist […]
Wolfe on the SBC
This guy who wrote the book on Christian Nationalism is precisely correct. (HT: The Dissenter)
How Do Christians Facilitate The Takeover By The Marxists?
A couple of articles I saw recently suggested a couple of methods. First, Tim Pool states the following: “Where we are in my generation? I blame Christian conservatives. “And it’s because they’re too good of people, and they were very tolerant and accepting of so many really bad people that […]