Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism

The launch of the modern Young Earth Creationist (YEC) movement dates to 1961, with the publication of The Genesis Flood by Dr. Henry M. Morris and Dr. John C. Whitcomb. Dr. Morris began the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) in 1970.

South Carolina [is] one of the few states with virtually no restrictions on the sale of venomous serpents. South Carolina has, through the years, provided snakes that serpent-handling preachers use at Sunday services because the Palmetto State, unlike many jurisdictions, doesn’t limit the sale of venomous snakes, state officials in South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky say.

“The rising toll is evident in rural, urban and suburban churches across the state. St. Paul’s On the Hill Episcopal Church on prestigious Summit Avenue was recently sold to a developer after more than a century of religious service. Bethany Lutheran Church in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis held its “holy closure” ceremony last fall. St. Michael Catholic Church in West St. Paul celebrated its last mass 18 months ago. Mainline Protestant churches have been hit the hardest.

“I was asked by Dr. Mike Harding to deliver an address titled ‘The Legitimate Concerns of the Next Generation (An Objective Analysis)’ at the Foundations Baptist Fellowship International (FBFI) annual meeting in Troy, Michigan, June 12–13, 2018.” M.Ward

Humility and Hope: My Prayer for the Southern Baptist Convention

WSJ: JD Greear wants to lead the Southern Baptist Convention into a new era, and when the denomination gathers in Dallas for its annual meeting next week, he will be the leading candidate to become its next president.

The sin of silence - The epidemic of denial about sexual abuse in the evangelical church

As a non-Baptist with a fellow Christian’s interest in evangelical battles, I’d like to tell a simple story that describes the Patterson scandal as an inflection point — after which Moore’s kind of Baptist will inevitably increase while Jeffress’s kind diminishes, as the “judgment” that Mohler describes leads to a general reckoning with the pull of sexism and racism within conservative-leaning churches.

Fundamentalist Pastor Calls Out Church’s Rape Culture

Shiflett’s YouTube video calling out the abuse, outing himself as a survivor as well, admitting fundamentalism has a problem with cover-ups