Tom Ascol of Founders Ministries
The anti-social justice warriors and complementarians are at it again.
Here is Religion News Service:
(RNS) — A video posted by Founders Ministries, a neo-Calvinist evangelical group, paints Bible teacher Beth Moore, Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention and the SBC’s current leader as part of a conspiracy to introduce social justice advocacy into evangelical churches.
The video, posted on the Founders Ministries website, intersperses images and comments from a number of Southern Baptist leaders with commentary from Tom Ascol, president of the group.
“I see godless ideologies that have spread across Western civilization over the last decades with a vengeance, to tell us what we are supposed to be seeing, ” said Ascol in the video. “Many of these ideologies have been smuggled into many evangelical churches and organizations through the Trojan horse of social justice.”
Read the rest here.
Some Southern Baptist leaders who appear in the trailer are not happy about it:
Yes, folks, I have now seen the @FoundersMin video trailer and I am alarmed at how some respected SBC leaders are represented. Southern Baptists expect and deserve a respectful and honest exchange of ideas. I am convinced we are all capable of this. 1/3
— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) July 23, 2019
I have also long known and enjoyed the company of the folks who made the video and the folks offended by the video and I am hopeful that @FoundersMin will respond appropriately and in a way that affirms their intention to be a responsible voice in the SBC. 2/3
— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) July 23, 2019
Here, in the heat of July, is another reminder that HOW we engage and represent one another is as important as what we argue and who we engage. Let’s encourage one another to good works, good theology, and a good mood. Now, back to my grandchildren. 3/3
— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) July 23, 2019
My comments about the upcoming @FoundersMin documentary: pic.twitter.com/5ZpFv2aXMY
— Daniel Akin (@DannyAkin) July 23, 2019
Justin,
Are you making the assumption that white patriarchy is necessarily a nefarious malign force?
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…and the old white patriarchy keeps kicking and screaming on the way to oblivion…
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Sean,
Please give us chapter and verse in context.
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Because I’m sure Jesus vigorously opposed all forms of social justice!
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Why do members of all stripes remain within the SBC? Historic Baptist polity really doesn’t require a formal broader affiliation within a larger body of congregations. Apologists for the Convention will no doubt argue that the cooperative programs are worth it. That is a debatable matter.
I personally wouldn’t want a dime of my monetary offerings supporting the Russell Moores and others of the SBC’s bureaucracy. There are better ways to use resources.
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