tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post7444085334777445453..comments2023-04-04T08:07:42.350-04:00Comments on SBC Plodder: Autonomy and clergy sex abuseWilliam Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502242710436994507noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-29028243980431760152012-11-29T19:56:18.412-05:002012-11-29T19:56:18.412-05:00Enabling a serial child sexual predator: Prestonwo...<a href="http://watchkeep.blogspot.com/2012/11/enabling-serial-child-sexual-predator.html" rel="nofollow">Enabling a serial child sexual predator: Prestonwood Baptist Church and John Langworthy</a>Amy Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09238444710658478191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-15380346808159202512012-11-19T09:23:16.138-05:002012-11-19T09:23:16.138-05:00Nicholas, I'm way ahead of you on both of thes...Nicholas, I'm way ahead of you on both of these. <br /><br />Those who would argue that local church autonomy is unbiblical are welcome to make their points but it is wasted time and effort. <br /><br />It may be interesting to attack Baptist church polity but it is acutely unproductive. It is the reality on the ground that must be dealt with.<br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00318761483549322086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-30924400234476047072012-11-18T20:00:57.348-05:002012-11-18T20:00:57.348-05:00Here is an excellent article Christa Brown has wri...Here is an excellent article Christa Brown has written on the subject of "church autonomy": http://www.stopbaptistpredators.org/documents/BaptistIdentity.pdf<br /><br />Also, Jeri Massi shows how "local church autonomy" is unbiblical in her book Schizophrenic Christianity.Nicholasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-39673555795569309832012-11-18T17:55:01.404-05:002012-11-18T17:55:01.404-05:00This is the problem with local church autonomy. It...This is the problem with local church autonomy. It is not Biblical.<br /><br />Even Al Mohler, Russell Moore, and SBTS are complicit in the wider SBC scandal of ignoring sex abuse. Mr. Thornton, please read this article from the Wartburg Watch: http://thewartburgwatch.com/2012/11/07/phillip-gunn-sbts-al-mohler-legal-rightmoral-right/<br /><br />Don't forget to follow the links to the sources Nicholasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-18523994136190562832012-11-17T19:36:21.200-05:002012-11-17T19:36:21.200-05:00I'm guessing that both the association and sta...I'm guessing that both the association and state convention in the case cited are waiting for the church or pastor to remedy the situation.<br /><br />The association should rightly disfellowship the church if they fail to take action.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00318761483549322086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2294170801673753291.post-31862196251460596642012-11-17T10:59:47.825-05:002012-11-17T10:59:47.825-05:00William
Our association has provided works...William<br /><br /> Our association has provided workshops in which we invited insurance personal, lawyers, and even the local sheriff with the intent of making an awareness that even in small town rural Georgia there are some perverts in the neighborhood. We encourage and even provider forms for our churches to seek criminal background checks on all adults 18 and older who in any shape or Joe McGeenoreply@blogger.com