Elizabeth Vargas’ Year-long Investigation into the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church Airs on “20/20,” Friday, April 8, 10-11 PM ET

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Elizabeth Vargas’ Yearlong Investigation Into The Independent Fundamental Baptist Church, Airs On “20/20,” Friday, April 8, 10-11 PM ET Try to imagine the pain and humiliation of a teenage girl, just 15 years old, who says she was forced to stand in front of a New Hampshire church congregation and confess her “sin” of being pregnant.

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The Postmortem of Historic Fundamentalism

This four part series can be found http://www.straightwayonline.org/default.aspx?id=200: here.

In the first paragraph of Part One is this statement: ” One may enter a Fundamentalist church now and find it comfortably taking no stand against the apostasy, evidenced by its contemporary music, its “up to date” Neo-Christian Bible versions, and its casual dress standards. (Bold print added)

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Are Fundamentalists more esteemed by God?

Eating out with church friends last night, we discussed whether committed F are more highly prized in the eyes of God than non-F - the rest of Christ’s true church? What would you say?

Secondly, should we consider non-F as typically morally inferior to committed F?

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