I do love the idea that more words is more better. If we could only cram the entire books of John and Romans onto a 3×5 card that would be most effective of all.
The man behind this ministry varies slightly from the normal fundy mold in that his website proclaims that he’s happy to work across denominations UNLESS you’re a Roman Catholic, a Seventh-Day Adventist, a Oneness Pentecostal, a Mormon, a Jehovah Witness…or a Calvinist. Take that, Calvinists!
If Soulwinning and Bus Visitation for “Pack a Pew” Sunday is your idea of “old paths” then you might be a fundamentalist.
At a West Coast Baptist College chapel, John Goetsch makes the claim that there are only two “Bible-preaching” churches in Los Angeles. One assumes he’s likely talking about the churches that Lancaster Baptist has tried to plant.
Holy parenthesis, Batman!
An alert SFL reader spotted this sign on a church bus. So no fartin’ around, you dang kids!
Ask any fundamentalist what the most important mission of the church should be and at least nine out of ten will tell you “winning the lost.” After all, in heaven’s eternal economy what could be more valuable than the saving of one soul which will live forever. Winning “souls” is the nominal focus of just about everything an IFB church does.
If you want to confuse a fundamentalist, however, you should then follow up with this question: “If souls are the most important thing, wouldn’t it be more effective to support any ministry that gives out the gospel regardless of whether they agree with you on things like standards, Bible versions, and politics rather than plant new churches and send out new missionaries as competition for them?”
About five seconds later you will learn that winning souls is actually NOT the highest priority. To a fundamental Baptist making people look like themselves will almost always outrank helping them look like Jesus.