Posted on 08/09/2023 10:41:22 PM PDT by Morgana
A Tennessee church has announced they have voted to disaffiliate from the Southern Baptist Convention after nearly 70 years of partnership, warming the cockles of our hearts with this wonderfully thrilling news.
Monte Vista Baptist Church, a 150-member congregation in Maryville, TN, issued a press release announcing the unanimous vote of the community “in response to the convention’s recent decisions that only men are qualified by Scripture to serve as pastor of a local congregation and the subsequent exclusion of some churches where women were serving in a pastoral position.” They explain:
“Monte Vista has ordained women to serve as deacons, chaplains, and in positions of leadership within the local church. We currently have a woman serving on our pastoral team. It has become increasingly difficult to remain associated with a ministry partner that does not share our deepest values.”
No kidding. Tellingly, the church says they’ll continue their affiliation with The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, that pro-LGBTQ, pro-choice PCUSA-aping, ELCA-wannabe Fellowship filled with rank heretics and progressive barn burners, demonstrating the rank hypocrisy and biblical ignorance of this church and leadership.
The only thing sad about this is that the SBC abdicated their duties for so long to let this church remain in good standing, allowing them to “quit” rather than be “fired” for cause.
I sure hope so.
Wow! My church growing up.
See what the Bible says: KJV: “But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” RSV: “I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent.”
It sounds to me like this one church is leaving because they want women leaders.
In the Tennessee Bible belt? Say it isn’t so!
Mind giving chapter and verse so context can be at least learned?
I could never attend a church with a female Pastor.
Apostasy. One of the markers of the coming of the end.
1 Timothy 2:12
From the article...
“the church says they’ll continue their affiliation with The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, that pro-LGBTQ, pro-choice PCUSA-aping, ELCA-wannabe Fellowship filled with rank heretics and progressive barn burners, demonstrating the rank hypocrisy and biblical ignorance of this church and leadership”
They’re leaving to be with the Pro-homo, pro abortion Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. If a CBF church is the only Baptist church around, then there ain’t no Baptist church around.
The Methodist churches that are “ bailing” are the good ones. The conservative churches are splitting off.
In which Paul is talking about the relationship of a man and wife not of who is allowed to tell the Good News
That said I’m not a fan of women preachers. Those I’ve encountered are not very well educated about the Bible.
In the next chapter (God is the author of Scripture but had men write His words) God says “An elder is to be the husband of one wife”. The pastor/teacher would be an elder.
Jesus doesnt affirm your lifestyle.
God created Adam first, because God didn’t want someone standing over his shoulder telling him what she wanted in a man, just to have her say, You did it all wrong! *Crying*
TN churches should be bailing on the SBC due to their obsession with ‘red flag laws’. See Brent Leatherwood.
Isa 3:12 Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.
What took ‘em so long? Maryville (pronounced, “Mrvl”) is a bit on the whacky side, anyhow.
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