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Planting a Church with the North American Mission Board: What is it Like?

The recent news about North American Mission Board church plants identifying women in their congregation as pastors may have piqued your interest in what the process is like for those interested in planting.

Some insight can be found on the Southern Baptist subreddit on Reddit.com in a thread named “Church planter in residence at an SBC church in WA state. Struggling with whether or not to go through the accreditation/ assessment process.”

As you can read, the anonymous author speaks to worries about whether or not to plant with the North American Mission Board because of the current controversy as well as a degree of ambivalence about specifically affirming the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.

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Dispatch from the Future on the Southern Baptist Convention Name Change

CR:V has received a leaked copy of an article planned for release during next year’s Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.  For the purposes of documentation it is provided below.

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Conservative Resurgence Voices Turns One!

Conservative Resurgence Voices has posted its 200th article and turned one year old. We’d like to thank our contributors as well as our readership for a fantastic year! We look forward to many more, Lord willing.

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Lines Are Being Drawn in the SBC’s Battle for the Credibility of the Bible

To put it mildly, these are strange days in the Southern Baptist Convention.

Here’s what I mean:

I grew up after the Conservatives were fighting the Liberals in a battle for Scripture’s authority.

I came of age when the Traditionalists were fighting the Calvinists in a battle for Scripture’s sufficiency.

Now I’m watching a whole new battle take shape – the battle for the Bible’s credibility.

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An Exchange on the ‘Threat’ of an Evangelical ‘Social Justice Movement’ (Tom Ascol and Thabiti Anyabwile)

Progressive Ideological Challenges to Biblical Christianity by Tom Ascol

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Is There An ‘Evangelical Social Justice Movement’? by Thabiti Anyabwile

Yes, the Social Justice Movement Is a Threat to Evangelicals by Tom Ascol

Insistence is Not Evidence: A Final Reply to Tom Ascol by Thabiti Anyabwile

Rejection is Not a Rebuttal: A Final Reply to Thabiti Anyabwile by Tom Ascol