{"id":1394,"date":"2020-04-03T11:57:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T16:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2020-04-04T11:59:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:59:19","slug":"southern-baptist-convention-allowing-women-in-the-pulpits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/03\/southern-baptist-convention-allowing-women-in-the-pulpits\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Baptist Convention Allowing Women in the Pulpits?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We disagree with the premise below but respect Pulpit and Pen’s belief.\u00a0 We also want to clearly state that complementarianism vs egalitarianism is NOT a salvation issue and does NOT necessarily need to be a church split issue (albeit a bit easier to adjust from the egalitarian side we admit)<\/p>\n

Here are the LIGHT! we believe God can work through all genders, male and female.\u00a0 We are also humble enough to admit that men can learn from women and also to state that we do not know all truth.<\/p>\n

If we are wrong in our approach we trust God’s judgment to strike us dead and prevent us from being a cancer to the rest of the church.\u00a0 If we are not being a cancer to the rest of the church we expect to still be alive and will continue to practice what we just shared above!<\/p>\n

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\"\"For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints, the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but <\/em>should be in submission, as <\/em>the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church. \u2013 1 Corinthians 14:33-35<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure what\u2019s so difficult to understand about this passage. I didn\u2019t write it. The Apostle Paul wrote it. Historically, Southern Baptists believe that all Scripture is God-breathed (2 Tim 3:16)\u2013that is, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. So if you have a problem with it, take it up with your Creator.<\/p>\n

Though the Baptist Faith & Message<\/a>, a statement of faith that Southern Baptists have historically agreed upon, affirms the biblical role of men and women in the church, it is non-binding on the individual churches. In fact, the only requirement to be recognized as a Southern Baptist is to send them a few bucks every now and then.<\/p>\n

Yet, the convention recently booted<\/a> a Southern Baptist church for officiating a gay \u201cwedding.\u201d Apparently, they found this sinful enough to take action, even though there is no written, binding prohibition against it. So the convention CAN remove your church if they find your church operating in an unbiblical manner. But how much money are they losing by giving the boot to a small church? The SBC can save face, while sacrificing nothing, by removing a small congregation who contributes a relatively small amount to the organization.<\/p>\n

Enter Elevation Church.<\/p>\n

Elevation Church,\u00a0misled by Steven Furtick, is a multisite SBC megachurch<\/a> with thousands of members. Elevation Church rakes in millions. Elevation Church is a major player on both the Southern Baptist Cooperative Program, and the NC Baptist Association\u2019s bottom line.<\/p>\n

We can overlook a little bit of sin\u2026After all, it\u2019s not as bad as officiating a gay wedding, right?<\/em><\/p>\n

I do not permit a woman to teach<\/strong> or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.<\/strong> \u2013 1 Tim 2:12 (Emphasis mine)<\/em><\/p>\n

Holly Furtick, Steven\u2019s wife, with her histrionic performance of pastoral theatrics this past weekend, took to the pulpit\u2013<\/del>wait, there is no pulpit\u2013the stage to\u00a0teach<\/del>\u00a0twist Scripture, and lead people to a rightful misunderstanding of God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n

I suppose she gets a pass, though, since they don\u2019t actually qualify as a church. But hey, as long as they\u2019re sending in the dough, and lining the pockets of the convention elites, we can turn a blind eye to a little leaven\u2013after all, the good outweighs the bad.<\/p>\n

But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants\u00a0to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. \u2013 Revelation 2:20<\/em><\/p>\n

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[Contributed by <\/strong>Pulpit & Pen]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We disagree with the premise below but respect Pulpit and Pen’s belief.\u00a0 We also want to clearly state that complementarianism vs egalitarianism is NOT a salvation issue and does NOT necessarily need to be a church split issue (albeit a bit easier to adjust from the egalitarian side we admit) Here are the LIGHT! we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kHU7-mu","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/W6QCmp7MTrzerZazPBR5_image_file.jpg?fit=800%2C450","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1397,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394\/revisions\/1397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}