A Thread (and a resolve): (11 tweets)
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A defining issue for #SBC21 will be this: Can women, in *any* context, preach to men - with preaching defined as expositing a text of Scripture with "logic on fire" (DMLJ)?
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A defining issue for #SBC21 will be this: Can women, in *any* context, preach to men - with preaching defined as expositing a text of Scripture with "logic on fire" (DMLJ)?
2/ Maybe we can frame the question a little better but it needs to be asked to entity heads and perhaps written up in a resolution. And we probably need to affix it to the BFM but that will take two meetings.
3/ Are there more important theological issues than women preaching to men? Yes, of course. But in the SBC this is an important dividing line because it reveals differences about gender roles, sufficiency of Scripture, ecclesiology, and even in some cases CRT...
4/ This is where we have two SBCs (And I understand there may be more). But this is where it's at primarily right now: One side says women are gifted in many ways but preaching to men is not one of those. The other side says women can preach to anyone.
5/ My resolve is this: While I do think I have tried to be abundantly clear that disagreement on this issue does NOT make one a Christian or non-Christian, I do want to make sure that I am attacking positions and not people.
6/ There are many men and women who disagree with me on this issue. And many of those seem to be genuine Christ loving people. It's not my desire to unduly attack or hurt a person. Though, I do understand that saying someone is wrong can hurt them. That's unavoidable.
7/ The bottom line is this: We just can't have a functional partnership for missions with disagreement on this issue. How can I send church members or my children to seminaries that affirm women sinning (from my perspective of course)? How can I send my money to those places?
8/ How can I send my money to fund missionary or church planting efforts that encourage or allow women to sin in preaching to men (from my perspective of course)? (And I see this as a path leading to where the UMC is currently.)
9/ Of course I am also saying these are rooted in deeper issues. But hopefully, we can have clarity on this issue and (hopefully) uphold historic baptist beliefs on this and amicably part ways with those who affirm the newer position.
10/ But again, it's not my desire to run a person down. (WHich I do not think I have done). It's my desire to honor the Lord and to uphold the Baptist principles in which we base our cooperation.
11/ I am passionate because I think the moderate error is a serious one and left unchecked will destroy what is left of the SBC. I don't like controversy. I don't like fighting. But there does come a time to push back on error and we are living in that time now.
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