John Rabe

Christian, husband, father, grandfather, conservative.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

Uh oh. I just got blocked by Twitter’s most intractable idiot.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

Indeed! Glad we’ve finally gotten it straight. #SBC26

[Chris Hohnholz @Chris_Hohnholz]

This is pretty straightforward to refute:

The SBC voted on an amendment that would disfellowship churches that fail to adhere to Scripture and the BF&M on who can be a pastor.

The SBC vote did not prohibit any church from anything. It voted on an amendment that enforces the rule that churches that violate Scripture and the BF&M on this issue are no longer in friendly cooperation with the SBC and will be removed from the SBC roles.

The SBC vote did not prohibit women from serving in ministry. The vote reaffirms what Scripture and the BF&M state, that the specific ministry role of pastor/elder/overseer is reserved to biblically qualified men.

Here is the problem, BWIM wants everyone to believe that the only ministry that REALLY matters is the pastorate. If women cannot be pastors, then they are not allowed in ministry at all.

It does not matter to them if women minister to other women, minister to children, run helps ministries, any participate in any other forms of ministry available to them. It only matters that women are barred from the pastorate.

This is manipulative language on their part. They want to demonize anyone who holds to a biblical view of the pastorate by saying women are being oppressed and barred from ministry.

God has most definitely gifted all Christian women to serve and minister to the body of Christ. However, he has also limited what means and roles they will serve because his church is a reflection of his relationship with his people.

BWIM tugging on the emotional pull strings is them rejecting God’s word in favor of their desire to set themselves on his throne. They do not want Scripture limiting their ambitions to remake the church into their own image.

Entities like BWIM should be marked and avoided for the false teaching they espouse and the division and damage they bring into the church.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

Yep! #SBC26

[Baptist Women in Ministry (BWIM) @BaptistWomen]

Today, the SBC voted again to further restrict women in pastoral roles in churches all across the country.

Baptist Women in Ministry laments this decision and the harmful messages it amplifies.

Read our full statement: https://t.co/fhKKTDx2ll

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@CornorNicholas @thealfordplea @NeilShenvi I know it has come up on both sides, but I wouldn’t be able to give you a good summary of it. It’s outside of my knowledge.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@thealfordplea @NeilShenvi Ah, I gotcha. Yeah, there may be a handful. But I think the amendment and the Rice election addresses the vast swath of Baptists and their concerns, rather than the lunatic fringe.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@RealFLBullfrog @NeilShenvi It did. That was the adjustment Mohler announced a couple of weeks ago.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@WilliamWolfe @charliekirk I voted for it and am disappointed the majority didn’t agree.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@colinsmo Also love those 75% “faction(s)”

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@thealfordplea @NeilShenvi Ah, okay. So that’s your deal.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@thealfordplea @NeilShenvi It will have been made clear in the BfM, resolutions, AND an Amendment. Sure, there will still be a few attempts to skirt it—but fewer than previously. And the convention will no longer have to legally fear disfellowshiping those churches. You have to propose what you can pass

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

The Mohler Truth and Unity Amendment passes 74.66 to 25.09 percent. Praise God. #SBC26

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@NeilShenvi “6. does not act to affirm, appoint, or endorse a woman serving in the office or function of a pastor/elder/overseer, specifically preaching to the assembled congregation.”

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@NeilShenvi Still being tabulated, so the results haven’t been announced yet. Could be any minute. The final wording was as Mohler proposed it. It didn’t change from his “revised” version from a week or two ago.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@SBCvoices @richstarnes No, someone simply called the question. No back rooms. It’s right there in Robert’s.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@NeilShenvi Yes. And it was *very* precisely-worded.

[Colin J. Smothers @colinsmo]

Sorry, it isn’t 2020 anymore.
We’re inoculated against this kind of manipulation now.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@merindelon @WilliamWolfe @albertmohler Of course, that doesn’t mean that all the same people will vote for it. But it sure seems to be heavily weighed towards the supporters.

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

And @albertmohler’s Truth and Unity Amendment will be voted on tomorrow. The support in the hall is very visible. This is shaping up to be a very consequential SBC annual meeting. #SBC26

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

Praise God

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@merindelon @WilliamWolfe @albertmohler The vote today was a procedural vote to bring it to the floor tomorrow. It was a visual vote and was overwhelming

[John Rabe @johnrabeFL]

@jaywise08 @WilliamWolfe @albertmohler Should begin discussion at 8:45am tomorrow.