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Lifeway responds to Christian Index editorial on "encroachment of Calvinism" by Peter Lumpkins

Update: especially note footnote #2 since I failed to account for a third public response from Marty King in the critique below   

In light of Al Mohler's recent encouragement to Southern Baptist editors to "cover Calvinism," I find it interesting that when Gerald Harris, editor of The Christian Index, placed his view in print, he was side-swiped by other entity-heads and leaders for describing an "encroaching Calvinism"  >>>

Gerald Harris, Al Mohler, and Baptist Press by Peter Lumpkins

Baptist Press assistant editor, Erin Roach, composed a response to Gerald Harris, editor of The Christian Index, Georgia Baptists' state paper.¹ Harris published an editorial opinion in The Index entitled, "The Calvinists are here" a piece Roach cited several times. Reactions were included in Roach's piece from various SBC leaders, including Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary >>>

Is Baptist Press a religious version of CNN? One lawyer-turned-pastor thinks it is by Peter Lumpkins

New Mexico pastor Howell Scott has a post worth your time. "Baptist Press: the CNN of the Baptist World!" is an enlightening commentary on a piece composed by Erin Roach, assistant editor of Baptist Press  >>>

William Birch on Gerald Harris: Calvinists are here and have been: a response (part II) by Peter Lumpkins

UPDATE: tragically and sadly, William Birch's blog has been removed from the internet. One may find the obvious reason here.

In part I of my response to William Birch’s rebuttal to The Christian Index editor’s editorial opinion, I focused on what I believe to be insignificant quibbling over issues not germane to Gerald Harris’ piece  >>>

William Birch on Gerald Harris: Calvinists are here and have been: a response (part I) by Peter Lumpkins

UPDATE: tragically and sadly, William Birch's blog has been removed from the internet. One may find the obvious reason here.

On Thursday, February 9, The Christian Index, denominational paper for Georgia Southern Baptists, published an editorial opinion by its chief editor, J. Gerald Harris. Entitled, “The Calvinists are here” SBC Tomorrow had sought permission to post the editorial as a guest contribution to our site and permission was granted. One stipulation was, SBC Tomorrow could not post the editorial essay until it was posted online. Agreed. Our posting would be a day later than The Index’s  >>>

Gerald Harris: WANTED: DEAD or ALIVE (mostly dead) by Peter Lumpkins

Last Thursday, The Christian Index editor, Gerald Harris became a hunted man. His literary crime was posting his personal opinion concerning what he perceives as an unusual rise of Calvinism in the Southern Baptist Convention and to do so--gulp, gulp--in his personal opinion editorial column of The Christian Index  >>>

The Calvinists are here: a guest editorial by Gerald Harris

UPDATE: the word is LifeWay is preparing a detailed response to Gerald Harris' essay and is scheduled to post this evening on Baptist Press. I'm anticipating precisely what facts in the essay LifeWay intends to dispute.

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Below is the current editorial in The Christian Index, the Georiga Baptist Convention's state paper. Dr. Gerald Harris has served as editor of The Christian Index since May 2003. We happily publish by permission Dr. Harris' latest editoral, "The Calvinists are here"  >>>

SBC Tomorrow welcomes Gerald Harris as guest contributor*

Tom Ascol on Gerald Harris by Peter Lumpkins

I called to get permission to post Gerald Harris' latest editorial on SBC Tomorrow. The Christian Index graciously gave me permission to do so. It was scheduled to publish at 5:15 A.M on Friday. The reason for permission is two-fold: a) plain, old-fashioned courtesy; b) at the bottom of the editorial page there is a clear indicator I needed to get the permission. It reads:

Georgia Missionary says name change for Southern Baptists "unnecessary" by Peter Lumpkins

Dr. Eddy Rushing serves as associational missionary for the Northwest Georgia and Lookout Valley Baptist Associations in Rock Spring, perhaps the oldest association in Georgia. Recently, he wrote an opinion piece for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) concerning a potential name change for Southern Baptists >>>

Georgia Baptists did not lose by Peter Lumpkins

A few pastor friends of mine were devastated that their "candidate did not win the presidency of the Georgia Baptist Convention. I am not. As I indicated several weeks ago both John Waters and Fred Evers could well represent Georgia Baptists, and the vote reflected an almost dead even poll--John Waters received 749 votes to Tifton pastor Fred Evers' 656. Not a huge difference. On the other hand,  >>>

The GBC Insider is now defunct by Peter Lumpkins

The GBC Insider, an anonymous blog purporting to offer "inside" info pertinent for Georgia Baptists is now belly-up. It's latest post offers its rationale

Will a Bandaid suffice when heart surgery is needed? by Gerald Harris

 

  SBC President Bryant Wright, who serves as pastor of Marietta’s Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, announced to the SBC Executive Committee on Sept. 19 that he was appointing a task force to study the prospect of changing the Convention’s name.  >>>

SBC Tomorrow welcomes Dr. Gerald Harris as guest contributor*

 

Are Georgia Baptists being Duped? by Peter Lumpkins

   A few weeks ago, North Carolina pastor, Tim Rogers, described an embarrassing situation we Georgia Baptists find ourselves in. Two good men are running against each other for president of the state convention. Now, when I say against, I really mean against. Two good conservative men campaigning for the office. And when I say campaigning, I really mean campaigning. For me, this places us Georgia conservatives in an awkward position.

Even more, a new blog presence recently spawned claiming to be an insider’s look into the Georgia Baptist Convention (GBC)  >>>