Is the SBC getting liberal?

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  1. Reynolds Well-Known Member
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    I agree with 2-7.
     
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    mischaracterization, it was not "rewarded" by any stretch of the definition of that word.
     
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    :Biggrin :Laugh :Roflmao
     
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    Yea Tom did that quite well....especially in mentioning the seminaries. He also stressed (in most areas). I am sure he mentioned that in a few ways.
     
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    That surprises me in that charismatic influence seems to be a real problem in that the Pentecostal/Charismatic movements have defined the Holy Spirit to many people. Also, the gifts of a counterfeit Holy Spirit are becoming more taken for granted as just another way of doing business inside the faith given us by the bible.
     
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    If that is going on in SBC churches at all it is aberrant at best.
     
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    Oh, thank our Father in heaven in Jesus' name if that is true.
     
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    I do not think The Charismatic movement is in any way a problem to the SBC. I am much more Charismatic in doctrine than the average Southern Baptist. There are in fact quite a few SBC pastors in this area that fully embrace Charisma. Being a cesationalist is not a requirement for being a Baptist. Even though the mission board has tried to purge many charismatic missionaries, there is no official top down edict that says "you must be a cesationalist to be a Southern Baptist."
     
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    Bapti-costal is what I've heard it called, and that is far away from being an eyebrow raiser where I'm at
     
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    I got a buddy in Tennessee that fits that description. A very encouraging brother. I believe different gifts can leave different brothers on seemingly completely different wavelengths. We sure seem to be.
     
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    The only SBC churches in this geographic area that are showing significant growth are the "bapti-coastal" churches.
     
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    No mis characterization at all. An act of bad behavior was in fact rewarded. A "prominent black" pastor proposed a divisive, hateful motion. Did he get condemned? Ignored? No! He got his proposal reworded and passed. Bad behavior was rewarded. Shameful!!!
     
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    those points are exactly whats happening in these new 'Bible Churches'.....at least in my area.
     
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    So what new resolution to apologize will be brought up next year -
     
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    Good question.
     
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    NOT an apologist for SBC, but as part of the Founder's Movement and attending some of their conferences and reading their materials, I am actually encouraged by the ANTI-liberal positions and return to the historic doctrinal roots of early Baptists in the USA - Calvinistic soteriology, authority of the Word of God, and "historic fundamentalism".
     
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    I do believe with the "New Calvinists" they are more socially liberal.
     
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    Is this thread confused by using "liberal" in two different spheres? Liberalism in any denomination is a DOCTRINAL issue based on theological interpretations.

    I do not equate this with social/political liberal views (like the wonderful push of the SBC against the alt-right hate crimes)
     
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