We often reference the tacit racism that exists in the history of fundamentalism. Nevertheless, it’s worth remembering that there are minorities who do join and even lead in parts of the movement. The pastor from today’s website “began to feel burdened about the people in the Mississippi Delta because he realized there was not one … Continue reading FWOTW: KingJamesBibleBaptist.org
The course of true love never did run smooth — especially when the love affair is one between a fundamentalist church and their powerful and charismatic politician pastor. And therein hangs a tale… Chuck Baldwin has been featured previously on SFL as we relayed the story of his sudden move from Pensacola to the Mountains … Continue reading Chuck Baldwin: A Study In Fundamentalist Leadership
While most (although certainly not all) fundamentalists acknowledge that the universal church is composed of all believers in all places and times, on this side of eternity Independent Baptists are theoretically dedicated to staying as far away from most other Christians as possible. The fear is that if too many Christians get together, they’ll attempt … Continue reading Baptist Distinctives Day 2: Autonomy of the Local Church
Fundamentalists believe that the inspired words of God were written down by holy men and transmitted to us in an inerrant, inspired, perfectly preserved text of the Bible. The Bible was then translated word-for-word exactly from the original languages into English with absolutely no meaning whatsoever lost (unless a Greek translation is really needed to … Continue reading Baptist Distinctives Day 1: Biblical Authority
Fundamentalism is largely the product of American thought and as such lends itself well to the sort of rugged individualism that we so admire in this country. This picture of the Christian as a lone gunmen is so revered that fundies put “Independent” right in their name. All we need is thee and me and … Continue reading The (Independent) Local Church