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Southern Baptist Convention president to speak at IHOP-KC’s “Onething” gathering?

John Lanagan of My Word Like Fire gives us the details: Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd will be speaking in December at Onething, the International House of Prayer’s annual celebration/convention. So will Francis Chan–for the second time. Onething takes place December 28-31, 2015. Catholic Matt Maher will be one of the worship leaders. The IHOP Onething Worship and […]

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Update: Lifeway Peddling Gay-Affirming Prosperity Preacher For Profit

Pulpit & Pen brings to our attention Ed Stetzer’s continuing lack of discernment. This is important because Stetzer runs the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention which means he has a lot of clout.  Following is the full report: Remember the large kerfuffle that started last year involving Lifeway, the media retail branch of the Southern […]

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Boycott Gay Weddings, Even Family, Says Southern Baptist Leader Al Mohler

Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has written a new book entitled “We Cannot Be Silent.”  The subtitle of the book is “Speaking truth to a culture redefining sex, marriage & the very meaning of right and wrong,” In this piece over at Christian Headlines Andrew Wolfson writes: Mohler, a prolific blogger, speaker […]

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Pope’s speech troubling, Southern Baptists say

Some high profile Baptists, including Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Russell Moore of  the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, had a lot to say about a Roman Catholic pope’s address to Congress….as a pastor, by the way, not as a political leader.   Mohler makes an excellent point: “Well, let’s just state […]

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SBC’s International Mission Board no longer to disqualify candidates who speak in tongues

Many Southern Baptists will find the policy recently approved by the denomination’s International Mission Board deeply troubling, as the practice of speaking in tongues is associated with Pentecostalism. Many, but not all, Pentecostals believe that speaking in tongues is the evidence of receiving the Holy Spirit while Southern Baptists have held to the view that speaking in […]

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