The Fellowship Baptist Church in Sidney, Montana, which has been affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention since 1980, announced Monday that they plan to withdraw from the organization “due to the ongoing social justice promoting, leftist progressivism, and mission drift away from the Gospel by the denomination’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.”
Jordan Hall, pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church, called for the church to leave the Southern Baptist Convention, quoting Charles Spurgeon, that where there is such disagreement on vital issues, there should be no pretense of fellowship.
The announcement comes just days after the conclusion of the “MLK50: Gospel Reflections From the Mountaintop” conference in Memphis, Tennessee. Jointly organized by the ERLC and The Gospel Coalition, the conference called on Christians to reflect on the state of racial unity in the church and the culture.
Fellowship Baptist Church leaders argue, however, that speakers at the conference including ERLC President Russell Moore, “repeatedly denied the efficacy of the accomplished work of Christ in matters of sin and forgiveness.”
“Following the MLK50 Conference, held in veneration of Martin Luther King and hosted by The…
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