The Southern Baptist Convention, the "we aren't a denomination" denomination, is having an open rebellion among its members, with many women, queers and some men causing division for the SBC's handling of "gender issues," and for the stance leadership took affirming that women aren't qualified to be pastors according to scripture.
There are a lot of SBC members pointing fingers and blaming "woke" culture and feminism for this schism, but the root of the problem, like every problem, came from compromising on the word of God.
First they adopted modern translations such as the NIV. When the NIV began it's inevitable slide to heretical perversion, adding "gender neutral language" in 1984, the SBC issued a statement against it. But did not return to the tried and true KJB. And as modern versions became even more corrupt, they continued to decry it weakly, while clinging to the use of other modern versions, even going so far as drafting their own Bible translation in 2003, the Holman Christian Standard Bible. By 2016, the CSB had been revised with more "gender inclusive language."
The CSB now translates the term anthropos, a Greek word for βman,β in a gender-neutral form 151 times, rendering it βhuman,β βpeople,β and βones.β The previous edition had done this on occasion; the new revision adds almost 100 more instances. βMen of Israelβ becomes βfellow Israelites;β when discussing Jesusβs incarnation the βlikeness of menβ becomes βlikeness of humanity.β The CSB translates the term adelphoi, a Greek word for βbrotherβ in a gender-neutral form 106 times, often adding βsister.β βBrotherly loveβ is translated βlove as brothers and sisters.β
This is a group of churches that found the idea of putting βinerrancyβ in their 2000 statement of faith regarding the scriptures was a step too far, despite the resurgence of "conservatives" to their leadership.
They cast doubt on the word of God, introduced corrupt perversions, compromised with the world, drove out fundamentalists, and began to even change their stand on the gospel, adopting Calvinistic language and doctrine, "repent-of-your-sins" works salvation, and leaving behind the old time religion for a watered down, modernist version while claiming to be conservative traditionalists.
So it is no wonder there are a sizeable number of its congregation that are unsaved, haters of God, who deny that the inspired word of God is without error, and rejecting clear scripture on Biblical roles and qualifications for men and women in the church.
This is why standing on the rock of KJVO matters for English speaking churches. And why top-down governing bodies have no place in deciding what independent churches do, even if you don't call them denominations.
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