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With all of its faults, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) at least has a very minimal doctrinal standard that is meant to unify Southern Baptist churches around a common set of beliefs. And while the denomination's confession, the Baptist Faith and Message 2000,...
In 2022, an epic scandal erupted in the Southern Baptist Convention when Willy Rice, an establishment pick for president was chosen to be nominated by establishment SBTS Trustee board chairman, Clint Pressley, to oppose the conservative candidate, Tom Ascol. During...
Bear witness to the appalling descent into farcical absurdity that has overtaken our educational system, the utter degradation of pedagogical values wrapped neatly in a mantle of feigned moral superiority. Our case in point? The Davis School District of Utah, stepping...
In an unsurprising display of theological ineptitude, Rick Warren, the former pastor of Saddleback Church, published an open letter to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in Baptist News Global, a publication notorious for its pro-homosexual, pro-abortion stance....
We live in an era where the lines between the Church and the world are increasingly blurred. One might argue that the waters of the sacred have been muddied by the fingers of the secular, tugging insistently on the hem of the holy. One such instance that demands...
If one were to peruse the chronicles of biblical history, one might find unsettling parallels between the accounts of Sodom and Gomorrah and the state of modern America. Cities fraught with vice, idolatry, and abject disregard for God's law, Sodom and Gomorrah were...
A momentous issue stands starkly against the backdrop of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC): at what juncture does the seemingly innocent acceptance of perceived doctrinal deviation transform into a sinful act? This question springs forth from the stirring...
Anyone who still believes that the popular television show, The Chosen, is a Christian television show is deceiving themselves. While Christians and churches have been entranced by this show for the last several years, many of us have been sounding the alarm about the...
You're probably aware by now that the Southern Baptist Convention is a complete clownshow that has largely, save a very small minority, abandoned sound doctrine in favor of cultural appeasement and seeker-friendliness. The denomination's current president, Bart...
In the recent turbulence of the Dodgers' decision to allow a highly controversial LGBTQ group, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, to perform at their annual "Pride Night," a resounding voice of conviction and courage emerged. This voice belonged to Dodgers' own...
Rick Warren, well-known for his controversial approach, once led Saddleback Church. Now, Andy Wood, who's no less contentious, is in charge. Yet, they've stirred up a real hornet's nest within the Southern Baptist leadership. Why? Because they've dismissed the...
Chick-fil-A, the once seemingly robust fortress of Christian capitalism, has begun to crumble, and it seems they've found a new cornerstone—not in Jesus, but in the wily ideologies of Marxism, feminism, and the LGBTQ+ movement. Their latest faux pas? Hiring a Vice...
The Episcopal All Saints Church in Pasadena, California, in line with the growing trend of churches around the world abandoning Christianity altogether while still calling themselves "churches," has placed controversial ideologies at the heart of its pulpit. As...
"The Chosen," a show based on the life of Jesus, has shown its true colors by raising a pride flag on the set of a recent episode. Don't be fooled, friends, this isn't a surprise. The show's been serving us heresy on a silver platter from the start.We reported a while...
For centuries, the teachings of the Apostle Paul have been at the epicenter of theological debates within the church, and in recent years, particularly surrounding the interpretation of his views on gender roles. One such debate that keeps rearing its ugly head...
David French, the self-proclaimed "libertarian" and "conservative," finds himself in the limelight yet again, armed with his latest foray into redefining what it means to be conservative. His recent New York Times article launches yet another salacious assault on...
In March, we reported about Russell Moore's interview with a defiant Rick Warren, a character steeped in controversy due to his contentious views on ordaining women as pastors and his endless list of false and compromised teachings. Undeterred by his former church's...
Throughout the history of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), few figures stand out as provocatively as Russell Moore, whose tenure blatantly showcased the insidious creep of progressive ideology into the nation's largest non-Catholic denomination. His role in the...
Amidst the digital age's undulating tide of information, the modern church has gradually enshrined tolerance, niceness, and aversion to any form of sternness as the quintessence of love. This contemporary veneer of love—largely a reflection of Pagan societal norms...
In the vast and varied expanse of the religious landscape, a disquieting trend has emerged in the Evangelical world: an unsettling departure from the bedrock of their faith, the Scriptures. Through the lens of this unsettling narrative, Andy Stanley, a renowned...
A little over half a year ago, the Southern Baptist community was surprised by the sudden resignation of Adam Greenway, former president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS). Greenway, who had long been known for his left-leaning theological views...
Despite the fact that Dodgers manager, Dave Roberts says that his relationship with Christ is the "most important thing in my life," and the Dodgers pitcher has "Colossians 3:23" in his Twitter profile, the team has announced that it will be allowing an extremely...
Earlier this year, The Dissenter reported on the expulsion of Pastors Chase Davis and Matt Patrick from the Acts 29 Network exposing a critical juncture in the Network's trajectory, one that warranted a close examination. As we reported earlier this year, Davis and...
In recent years, a group of religious trailblazers, progressive evangelicals, has led the masses of Christendom into mass confusion. They wave the banner of "compassion," but in their march, they're leading an expedition towards mass immigration and a morphed...
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Nearly three months after Ed Litton was elected the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention, there are still scant calls for his resignation. On June 21, 2021, Reformation Charlotte broke the story that Ed Litton had copied and used his predecessor, JD...
Heresy: Statism Statism is the belief that the state is the highest authority over and above any other religion, ideology, or philosophy. Statism is essentially state-sponsored secularism whereby the governmental system may, in some cases, tolerate other religions...
The Southern Baptist Convention is leading the charge to turn over Evangelicalism to the ideologies of men that are contrary to the gospel and some of the most well-known names in the denomination have repeatedly gaffed with racist remarks. While this list is not...
Reformation Charlotte reported recently that John MacArthur's Grace Community Church is settling with both the State of California as well as Los Angeles County for a sum total of $800,000.00 amid legal challenges against unconstitutional restrictions and mandates...
Perhaps you're all aware by now that the nation is celebrating as one of the top headlines in the news this week is the fact that Pete Buttigieg and his homosexual lover are being granted the right to adopt children. The nation claps and cheers as the two announced...
False prophets are sneaky--apparently, they all have a dose of the "sneaky squid spirit." They desperately want to be normalized within mainstream Evangelicalism so they subtly insert their error wherever they possibly can. But to the trained eye of discernment,...
I'd like to preface this article with the fact that I clearly believe that there are a lot of sincere people in the pro-life movement who are truly trying to make a difference in abortion. I also believe that many of these pro-lifers--most of whom are professing...
The Tragedy of a Mentally Incompetent World Leader Whose Advisors and Family Refuse to Challenge, Confront, or Control Him Various world leaders in history have been incredibly talented, ambitious, gracious, lazy, indulgent, vicious, perverted, brutal, incompetent,...
Unless you're on a hiatus from the news--and let's be real, that's a good place to be right now for some of us--you're probably aware that Harvard University just appointed an atheist as the school's chaplain. Harvard University was the first among the Ivy League...
While many conservatives and pseudo-conservatives are praising the Supreme Court's decision to uphold Texas' controversial law banning abortions for any children with a detectable heartbeat, as Christians, we are obligated to seek God's demeanor and act in accordance...
Christianity has its fair share of peculiarities, and more often than not, you can find movements among professing Christians that are baptized in Bible-speak and labeled "Christian" when, in fact, they are not. One of those movements is the "Christian leadership"...
Mike Bickle is the founder of the International House of Prayer based in Kansas City (IHOPKC). Bickle is very popular in the charismatic movement and is associated with a number of aberrant movements including the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and the Latter Rain...
Thabiti Anyabwile--who we've covered on numerous occasions at Reformation Charlotte for various reasons--is a prominent and influential Southern Baptist pastor. A racial agitator and Black Nationalist who came out of the Nation of Islam movement to advance the same...
Dan Darling, the former Vice President of Communications at the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) recently took a new job as VP of Communications at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Network. Darling, who has been...
The Southern Baptist Convention’s International Missions Board (IMB) announced last year that Bryant Wright would be named the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Send Relief under the North American Mission Board (NAMB). Wright, a...
In a poll that Reformation Charlotte ran on YouTube, which asked voters how they would choose if forced to choose between a woke church, such as David Platt or Matt Chandler, and a NAR church, like Steven Furtick or Todd White, seventy-seven percent stated they would...
Nadia Bolz-Weber may be one of the most controversial people claiming the name of Christ who is still alive today. Next to the Pope of Rome, she is also among the most blasphemous. Bolz-Weber--who was awarded a golden trophy depicting female genitalia for being the...
Ed Litton, who has been exposed as a serial plagiarist who repeatedly obfuscates the truth and denies the seriousness of what happened, has taken to another podcast to continue to urge Southern Baptists to forget about what he did and downplay it. Litton has been...
The North American Mission Board (NAMB), the Southern Baptist Convention's church planting network which is headed up by Kevin Ezell, has been under a great amount of criticism over the past year for the organization's support of churches that place women in the role...
Nothing can be more horrifying than the notion that the government is indoctrinating our children into an irrational, immoral lifestyle and forcing the world to celebrate this lunacy. But it's happening everywhere and it's happening at an alarming rate. But schools...
Two of Reformed-ish Christendom's favorite podcasters are now at each other over whether or not Christians should submit to government mandates under any circumstances. James White, an apologist and elder at Apologia Church recently took the position in opposition to...
Kat Kerr is a charismatic influencer who is gaining popularity in the charismatic fortune-telling Heaven-tourism camp. Kerr is a false prophet who has made a number of predictions in the name of God which have not come to pass. Kat Kerr makes #37 on our False Teacher...
In a definitely disturbing trend, a growing number of churches are beginning to implement policies to restrict the biblical command to worship corporately to only those who've succumbed to the world's demands to inject one's body with experimental chemicals. As we...
During a time when the government is clearly swelling with enormous power and overreach in the midst of an overblown pandemic, Christian pastor and commentator, Doug Wilson, is urging Christians to consider using fake vaccine passports in order to render even the...
Anyone who has followed my writing over the years knows that I am not a staunch defender of Al Mohler. In fact, I've been very critical of him when necessary pointing out what I believed to be a compromise of the Christian faith in favor of pragmatism. Mohler has a...
The Evangelical Immigration Table (EIT) is a front group for the National Immigration Forum (NIF). The EIT is not an entity that even legally exists in the corporate structure. It is nothing more than a group of Evangelical leaders who, at the behest of the NIF, carry...
Just a couple of decades ago, it would be unthinkable that the United States of America would ever have to sit in the hot seat to be grilled by South Africa or other corrupt, under-developed nations—or any nation for that matter. And what's worse, we're being grilled...
I want to preface this article with the disclaimer that I am not really a fan of Ed Young Jr. and this should not be construed as a blanket endorsement of him or his theology. Young is a mostly pragmatic preacher who once invited a Mormon, Glenn Beck to preach to his...
Talk about cultish. Like the pro-abortion movement, the transgender movement not only has its list of sacraments that are required to join their religion, but they have made up their own doctrines and are pushing them throughout public institutions. One such...
I realize this issue is debatable, delicate, and as dangerous as an attempt to shave a bobcat in a phone booth. Millennials should do their research about phone booths. Same-sex “marriage” was wrong yesterday, today, and tomorrow regardless of what any court,...
The judgment of God on people manifests in ways mysterious to us, but God is clear that those who persist in rebellion will eventually be given over to a great delusion, knowing not what they do but reveling in the hatred toward their own Creator. The coming of the...
From a Christian perspective, there should be no argument that abortion is murder, is always wrong, and the innocent should be afforded the God-given right to protection against it by the civil government. But it isn't just Pagans that are now defending abortion...
Chicago Theological Seminary is a seminary that is academically affiliated with the University of Chicago though it is theologically affiliated with the United Church of Christ, an apostate denomination that has abandoned the gospel in favor of social justice...
Nadia Bolz-Weber may be one of the most controversial people claiming the name of Christ who is still alive today. Next to the Pope of Rome, she is also among the most blasphemous. Bolz-Weber–who was awarded a golden trophy depicting female genitalia for...
In 2016, at the ERLC’s Evangelicals for Life Conference—which was headed up by the ERLC’s Russell Moore—one speaker, Ron Sider, an ecumenical social activist and author of Catholics and Evangelicals for the Common Good, gave an impassioned speech on what he thought it...
I’m getting really sick of this push for “unity” in the Church among people across the entire political spectrum–the argument is really tiring. I get it, the vast majority of people on both sides of the political equation are lost. In fact, many have grasped on to...
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. If you woke up this morning, logged onto your favorite social media platform, and found yourself inundated with posts, videos, and memes suggesting today's total eclipse is a harbinger of the end times, let me offer you a moment of...
The Bible speaks much to the truth that God's judgment on nations manifests in many ways, especially in rampant sexual immorality. In fact, Romans 1 teaches that sexual immorality is one of the only sins by which the sin itself is the judgment, a sobering reality that...
This article is part one of a series of articles to come on the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) and churches that, while not officially affiliated with them, still fellowship with UPCI churches, or believe and practice the same or very similar religious...
The Episcopal Church is an apostate denomination. In August 2022, they passed a resolution affirming sex change surgeries for children of any age. Because apparently mutilating children’s bodies to fit a certain ideology is a top priority for this “Christian”...
The phrase, "Christ is King!" has become taboo in our times with even professing Christians on social media complaining that the usage of the phrase is a form of bigotry and supremacy. Yet, the phrase itself is foundational to Christianity, and we must not allow...
Every day, it seems we're confronted with another headline about how the Church is "evolving" or "becoming more inclusive" by embracing some version of queer theory or gender ideology. But here's the crux of the matter: this so-called progress is actually a profound...
In a bizarre twist that would leave even the most seasoned theologian bemused, Richard Dawkins, the high priest of New Atheism, has draped himself in the garb of cultural Christianity. Dawkins, in an unexpected revelation, declared himself a "cultural Christian" who...
In 2018, former U.S. Vice President, Mike Pence, who is a Southern Baptist himself, was invited to speak at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting. While at the time, Pence was largely viewed as a conservative politician who supported conservative policies,...
It’s becoming increasingly easy to separate the sheep from the goats as we watch the religious, cultural, and political climate become increasingly divisive. David French, a religious leftist who devotes his life to standing against conservative Christianity in the...
In an age where sanity and decency are increasingly in short supply, a startling trend has emerged within the bounds of what one might call the modern-day temple, the body of Christ. During this past "Easter" celebration, a time traditionally reserved for solemn...
Kirk Franklin has become an icon in the Contemporary Christian Music Gospel genre and has gained even more notoriety after touring with and becoming heavily involved in the contemporary worship music collective, Maverick City Music.Franklin made headlines in 2019...
Lecrae, who describes himself as a “rapper who happens to be Christian” and is “done with white Evangelicalism,” has taken a sharp turn in the last couple of years to align himself with the Pagan culture rather than the Kingdom of Christ. Over the last few years,...
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. If you woke up this morning, logged onto your favorite social media platform, and found yourself inundated with posts, videos, and memes suggesting today's total eclipse is a harbinger of the end times, let me offer you a moment of...
The Bible speaks much to the truth that God's judgment on nations manifests in many ways, especially in rampant sexual immorality. In fact, Romans 1 teaches that sexual immorality is one of the only sins by which the sin itself is the judgment, a sobering reality that...
This article is part one of a series of articles to come on the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) and churches that, while not officially affiliated with them, still fellowship with UPCI churches, or believe and practice the same or very similar religious...
The Episcopal Church is an apostate denomination. In August 2022, they passed a resolution affirming sex change surgeries for children of any age. Because apparently mutilating children’s bodies to fit a certain ideology is a top priority for this “Christian”...
The phrase, "Christ is King!" has become taboo in our times with even professing Christians on social media complaining that the usage of the phrase is a form of bigotry and supremacy. Yet, the phrase itself is foundational to Christianity, and we must not allow...
Every day, it seems we're confronted with another headline about how the Church is "evolving" or "becoming more inclusive" by embracing some version of queer theory or gender ideology. But here's the crux of the matter: this so-called progress is actually a profound...
In a bizarre twist that would leave even the most seasoned theologian bemused, Richard Dawkins, the high priest of New Atheism, has draped himself in the garb of cultural Christianity. Dawkins, in an unexpected revelation, declared himself a "cultural Christian" who...
In 2018, former U.S. Vice President, Mike Pence, who is a Southern Baptist himself, was invited to speak at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting. While at the time, Pence was largely viewed as a conservative politician who supported conservative policies,...
It’s becoming increasingly easy to separate the sheep from the goats as we watch the religious, cultural, and political climate become increasingly divisive. David French, a religious leftist who devotes his life to standing against conservative Christianity in the...
In an age where sanity and decency are increasingly in short supply, a startling trend has emerged within the bounds of what one might call the modern-day temple, the body of Christ. During this past "Easter" celebration, a time traditionally reserved for solemn...
Kirk Franklin has become an icon in the Contemporary Christian Music Gospel genre and has gained even more notoriety after touring with and becoming heavily involved in the contemporary worship music collective, Maverick City Music.Franklin made headlines in 2019...
Lecrae, who describes himself as a “rapper who happens to be Christian” and is “done with white Evangelicalism,” has taken a sharp turn in the last couple of years to align himself with the Pagan culture rather than the Kingdom of Christ. Over the last few years,...
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The trend of people splattering their self-defined pronouns all over social media is more than merely bothersome—it's obnoxious. This phenomenon blatantly disregards objective reality, pushing personal whim over divinely-ordained distinctions. It's not just a societal...
In the past, we have alerted you to the disturbing reality that First Baptist Church Orlando, a Southern Baptist megachurch located in Orlando, Florida, has openly been baptizing practicing homosexuals. Shockingly, there has been a complete lack of accountability from...
Treading carefully not to seem as though we revel in the death of another human being—we don't—we do feel as though enough time has passed to pour water on the fire surrounding the idolatry of a man who was ashamed of the gospel. Tim Keller was an influential pastor...
Just as Alice plunged into the rabbit hole and found herself navigating the dizzying absurdity of Wonderland, we too seem to be hurtling down a similar abyss, a world unmoored from objective reality. This is no child's story, but the sobering reality of our modern...
Charlie Dates, the newly-appointed charismatic pastor of Salem Baptist, one of the largest black churches on Chicago's Far South Side, has a history of association with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and involvement in events like the MLK50 conference....
From the sprawling Southern California campus of Saddleback Church to the towering spires of First Baptist Orlando, the tension within the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) continues to escalate, manifesting itself in controversial theological debates and many leaders...
Following the release of a Vanity Fair documentary that chronicles the fall of Hillsong and its former lead pastor of the NYC campus, Carl Lentz, former Hillsong CEO, Brian Houston took to social media to defend the church and discount the accusations against the...
In the heart of the Gospel of Luke, we encounter a passage of Scripture that undeniably reaffirms the sovereignty of God, the sinfulness of humanity, and the inescapable need for repentance. Luke 13:1-5 presents an incisive discourse by Jesus Christ that...
Yesterday, The Dissenter broke the story that a Southern Baptist Convention-approved women's conference during the annual meeting would be featuring a speaker who preached a sermon a few years ago stating that homosexuals who are in a "gay marriage" might stay...
Over the years, we've had significant theological issues with Tim Keller, and we do not intend to minimize these problems. However, Keller is a human being, made in the Image of God, and is currently facing immanent death and judgment amid complications from his...
by Jeremiah Cry Ministries“You will never see me again, this fight is killing me” —Charles SpurgeonThe Above quote was written to a friend by Charles Spurgeon in the midst of what was called the downgrade. For nearly 40 years, Spurgeon had preached the gospel in...
The Southern Baptist Convention is at a crossroads once again this year as it faces multiple attacks from several progressive angles ranging from women pastors to woke ideology to homosexuality. Among the biggest challenges it faces this year is whether or not to...
The notion that God has a unique covenant with America, as Jesse Duplantis suggested in his Flashpoint conference speech, is a gross misinterpretation of biblical truth but a common theme among adherents to the hypercharismatic and adherents to the prosperity gospel....
Rick Warren, Saddleback Church's former pastor, is attempting to cloak his unbiblical false teachings in the legacy of Charles Spurgeon. Despite the fact that Saddleback is facing disfellowshipping from the Southern Baptist Convention—a scenario well-known and...
In these continual acts of staggering betrayal that blaze across the moral landscape of so-called "conservatism," the compromise on pro-life laws which still permit abortions can only be branded as Hell's compromise. Those who posture themselves as conservatives, yet...
The biblical narrative presents a vivid account of the Creation of humanity and the ensuing fall, a tragic event that separated us from our Creator and precipitated the spiritual and moral decline of mankind. The account, originating from the early chapters of Genesis...
Once again, Brent Leatherwood, the head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), is positioning himself as the singular voice of Southern Baptists, promoting progressive policies that do not align with the majority...
In case it has escaped your notice, the Christian world has been struck by another challenge to traditional sexual ethics and God has been given the proverbial middle finger as former Contemporary Christian Music celebrity, Trey Pearson, has recently "taken a...
The global Evangelical church stands at a crossroads, confronting a crisis of conscience that threatens to erode the very foundations of its faith. The persistence of Hillsong music within its sanctuaries, despite years of fervent warnings by discerning Christians, is...
Andy Stanley’s disdain for the Holy Scriptures is a well-established fact, and it is nothing new that he has been vocal in his condemnation of the inerrancy and authority of the Word of God. He has gone so far as to declare the Scriptures to be...
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has faced several uphill battles over the last decade fighting an influx of progressive ideologies and so far, any conservative resistance has proven futile. Beginning in 2013 under the leadership of Democrat operative, Russell...
Founded in 1856 by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the 'Prince of Preachers', Spurgeon's College in Croydon, London, historically has upheld a legacy of evangelical Christianity. Its founding mission: to train individuals in faithful Gospel proclamation. For nearly two...
As we traverse the tumultuous terrain of human history, we are confronted with the stark and horrifying reality of mankind's innate sinfulness. This glaring truth is not confined to secular spheres but has found its way into the very heart of sacred institutions,...
In the cosmic court of divine justice, humanity stands condemned, a prisoner to its iniquitous nature. It is here that two theological doctrines, 'imputed righteousness' and 'infused righteousness,' attempt to answer the same question: how can a sinful man be...
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