David Rhoades

Follower of Christ and Pastor at specializing in helping people and churches live biblically.

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@DavidCFreeman @WilliamWolfe A primer:
Bible
biblical
Baptist
baptize

Sample: A biblical Baptist reads his Bible and baptizes new believers.

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@JoshuaBarzon Formal membership, yes. Covenantal membership, not necessarily.

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@WilliamWolfe Ironically, "Big Tent" SBC is one reason the SBC is shrinking.

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@coconservative7 @SamRainer Three problems here: "Certifying" women as pastors contrary to Scripture, "certifying" church work apart from and unaccountable to the local church, and selling the work of God for cash (biblical principle = freely received, freely give).

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@coconservative7 @marcminter FWIW, our church is a non-Calvinistic, plurality-male-elder-led, congregational Baptist church. And we have non-covenantal church membership.

But you're right: Reformed, elder-led Baptist churches are very unlikely to have female elders.

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@SamRainer 100% of the Apostle Paul says, "I do not allow a woman to teach or have authority over a man."

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Great article pushing back against @albertmohler's theological triage concept: https://t.co/pbiXhxBzoL

Brief summary: https://t.co/tCnfncX9Jc

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

Theological triage allows for both genuine unity & genuine conviction.

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If this passes without qualifications or functional/administrative restrictions in practice, it will go a long way to building trust in the SBTC.

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

This looks like a really strong proposal concerning female pastors from the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. They propose an amendment that says an affiliated church...

“affirms the office, function, ordination and title of pastor/elder/overseer to be limited to men as qualified by Scripture. Title shall include any equivalents of the words pastor/elder/overseer, and preaching to the assembled congregation shall be an exclusive function of pastor/elder/overseer or biblically qualified men.”

This is the strongest language I've seen for such an amendment. It would resolve the Fielder Road conundrum if it passes. I hope and pray it does pass at their annual meeting later this year.

@SBTexan @NathanLorick

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A summary from Grok: https://t.co/5n8Yixy2QN

[Jon Whitehead @jrwhitehead]

What are we doing about the new group exemption letter rules?

The “uniform purpose statements” are going to be very uncomfortable under Baptist polity.

https://t.co/XUpn93f1RK

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Bingo! And the rejection of congregationalism will be a defining issue at the associational level, if congregationalists insist upon it.

[Jon Whitehead @jrwhitehead]

It’s a final rejection of congregationalism in many cases.

The SBC has tried to make congregationalism fuzzy for decades. But congregationalism will probably become an identifier again for people choosing “Baptist” over “non-denominational.”

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@BrandonGaster @Logos Irony

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@Logos should have chosen a better author to feature for its free monthly giveaway than Sam Allberry. And they should have seen this coming.

[Mike Stone @PastorMikeStone]

This entire episode is a sad, predictable train wreck. As predictable as sunrise.

And it’s only the latest confirmation that the leaders and ministers aligned with this congregation do not possess a Biblical view of sexual sin.

But, honest observers have known that for a while.

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@jrwhitehead Thank you for this explanation. And for making me look up the definition of contumacious.

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It's a shame that @Logos Bible Software's free book of the month is from Sam Allberry. They should give away @jaredhmoore's work: "Lust of the Flesh." At least then people would be taught proper exegesis of God's Word.

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@BetMGMTonight @PatBoyle44 @1053SS Just a little spying on the NY Giants

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The one thing that even trumps the Constitution is leadership. All ill-intentioned leaders need to do is ignore the Constitution, the messengers, and the Bible, as we have seen.

[Jon Whitehead @jrwhitehead]

The problem here is the argument that *bylaws* cannot amend or limit the Constitutional definition of friendly cooperation.

Probably the courts won’t assist an aggrieved church.

But some churches do want to argue they’re in friendly cooperation while having female pastors.

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SBC leaders have their reward: the world's attention. Or as they put it themselves, "The world is watching."

[Jon Whitehead @jrwhitehead]

Fascinating. The SBC was ignored … until…

[David Rhoades @DavidRhoades]

Pastor of 30+ years here. Not surprised at all by this.

But this isn't the real issue. Pastors continue to prop up "obligatory tithing" as if it is biblical, which it clearly is not.

Teach & practice Spirit-led giving and free God's people to celebrate generosity.

[Brady Shearer @BradyShearer]

We analyzed $335 million in church donations. The stat that surprised me most: roughly 20% of your donors contribute about 80% of your total giving. The other 80% of donors? They account for about 20% of the dollars.

Perhaps not surprising, but it seems accurate that a small group of faithful givers are carrying the financial weight of most ministries.

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@marcminter "Looking for a pastor without a beard" - said by someone somewhere

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@jaredhmoore Grok's update on the Hunt lawsuit. All claims dismissed except one: Bart Barber's claim that implied Hunt committed a felony. https://t.co/Snlvfca2XK