Joshua Jenkins, Pastor of the Hope Baptist Church of Springfield, MO announced over the weekend that his church “declared its secession from the Southern Baptist Convention” because, in his words, “The institutions [of the SBC – ed.] no longer represent us and indeed work against so much of what we stand for.”
At the time of this writing the church has offered no further explanation for their decision.
Jenkins joins Jeff Noblit, another Reformed Baptist pastor, of Grace Life Church of Muscle Shoals, whose church announced their own departure from the SBC in October of 2019.
For more on the question of whether to reform or depart the SBC from CR: Voices see:
- Lauren Dorman: Is it Time to Give the SBC the Boot?
- Jeff Wright: Leave the SBC, Leave the Field