Stand With Christ

A line has been drawn in the sand. For nearly two decades, the conventional wisdom regarding the fundamentalist movement and the eventual takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention was this: At its core, it’s a preacher fight. The debate and conflict was mostly isolated to denominational agencies and among ministry professionals. However, in June, 2000, the conflict evolved in such a way that it no longer could be contained by the phrase "preacher fight". In that summer, SBC leaders proposed and were granted the adoption of a revision to the 1963 Baptist Faith and Message. In a more recent stunning move of theological arrogance, SBC leadership and the International Mission Board leadership in particular have revised their previously held position and asked IMB missionaries to sign a statement affirming the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message revision. A denomination established as a haven of Christian freedom and dedicated to the purpose of Christ-centered missions now finds itself requiring its missionaries to sign a creed that removes the person of Jesus Christ as the ultimate window through which to understand the Bible and God. Stand With Christ explores and explains the history of