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Tom Ascol Nominated For Southern Baptist Convention President
Tom Ascol, Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, FL and president of Founders Ministries, was nominated for President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) on Tuesday by a group of Southern Baptist pastors and members including SBC First Vice President Lee Brand. Ascol and Founders have become a force within the SBC, primarily…
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More Wack Analogies and Scripture-less Arguments From Scott Klusendorf
Scott Klusendorf has published another article defending pro-life incrementalism and criticizing abolitionism, this time at The Gospel Coalition (TGC). Let’s get right into it. 1) Rhetorical Demonizing In a previous article on the Southern Baptist Resolution on Abolishing Abortion, Klusendorf wrote that abolitionists will “wield it like a cudgel” against pro-life compromise. In the TGC…
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Moving Beyond Regulationism: A Response to David Norman
During the floor debate at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention, Dr. David Norman made a motion to indefinitely postpone the Resolution on Abolishing Abortion — effectively killing it. Here, we will examine Norman’s stated reasons for his motion and the assumptions and errors he makes. Reason #1: Abolition Repudiates Previous Pro-life SBC Resolutions Norman opened…
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The Rise and Progress of Abortion Abolitionism in the Southern Baptist Convention
Three weeks ago, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) adopted a mold-breaking resolution calling for the “immediate abolition of abortion without exception or compromise,” and further, for the convention to “lament any complicity” in pro-life incrementalism which “compromises God’s holy standard of justice” by establishing “incremental, regulatory guidelines for when, where, why, and how to obtain…
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Abolitionists Pass Resolution*, Make Huge Strides at SBC Convention
Following an amendment of a single word, the Southern Baptist Convention voted to pass the Southern Baptist Resolution to Abolish Abortion. After being motioned out of committee by Pastor Bill Ascol on Tuesday, the resolution came to a vote before the convention members on Wednesday, with opportunity for abolitionists and anti-abolitionists to give testimony. One…
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Southern Baptist Convention Moves One Step Closer to Abolitionism (And Answering Objections)
History was made on Tuesday as messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) voted overwhelmingly in favor of ordering the SBC Resolutions Committee to present the Resolution on Abolishing Abortion before the full convention. Southern Baptists can file resolutions, but it is ordinarily the prerogative of the Committee to decide which resolutions are voted on…
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Todd Fisher Elected President of OK Baptists. A Step Toward or Away From Abolition?
Dr. Todd Fisher, pastor of Immanuel Baptist in Shawnee, was selected by Oklahoma Baptist messengers at their 2020 Annual Meeting as the next president of the convention. He was nominated for the position by Oklahoma Baptists First Vice President Jeremy Freeman. Leron West of Gilcrease Hills Baptist Church in Tulsa (nominated by former Oklahoma Baptists…
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Prominent Southern Baptist Voice Calls For Total Abolition
In a recent article, Tom Ascol, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, FL and president of Founders Ministries, called Christians and Southern Baptists in particular to move beyond pro-life legislation to call for the total and immediate abolition of abortion. Ascol begins the article with the lyrics of a song written in response…
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Oklahoma Baptists Pass Resolution Demanding an Immediate “End” to Abortion
Tuesday’s 2019 annual conference of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (who changed their name to “Oklahoma Baptists” at the convention) brought with it good news for the cause of abolishing abortion. Representatives of the assembled Southern Baptist churches voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for an immediate end of abortion in Oklahoma.…
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