Showdown looms over SBC and Calvinism
Monday, February 5, 2018
Bill Bumpas
https://www.onenewsnow.com/church/20...campaign=32744
A longtime Southern Baptist leader warns there is
a theological civil war brewing over the influence of Calvinist leaders within the denomination.
Richard Land, the former head of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, says he supports Ken Hemphill to lead the SBC as president in order to preserve the gospel message and to defend the role of evangelism.....
.....There have always been Calvinists within the Southern Baptist Convention, observes Land, who likens their influence to the
"harmony and never the melody" of the 15-million member denomination.
He describes the current struggle over the next leader as a battle between the
"Billy Graham wing" of the SBC versus the "John Calvin wing."
"This is about the gospel and whether or not the gospel is for everyone, not just the elect," Land tells OneNewsNow.....
...McFarland says the denomination has seen
an increase in young leaders who espouse "New Calvanism," an idea that he rejects. The denomination must adhere to its traditional understanding of salvation.
"We're not commissioned to talk theology over lattes," he says.
"We're commissioned to go and preach the gospel to every creature – win the world for Christ – and we need a president that will inspire us."...
....The issue of Calvinism's influence is the biggest issue facing the Southern Baptist Convention at the moment, Land adds.