Did David Platt Highjack McLean Bible Church? The McLean Bible Church Dissenters Make Their Claim and Convinced TWW.

By a lie, a man… annihilates his dignity as a man. Immanuel Kant


I bet you think this is a quick and easy post for me to leave while gallivanting in cold areas, looking for auroras, and seeking warm geothermal pools. I promise this is not the case. TWW has written a bunch of stories about the church. The basic story goes like this. Lon Solomon started and grew the church, which is seated on some primo real estate and involves primo infrastructure. Lon, a converted Jewish man, set the church up as nondenominational. The church specifically was not to be a member of any denomination.

As Lon began to look toward retirement, the SBC powers that be salivated over this “sitting duck” treasure. Platt moved in and lied to the congregation that they were not members of the SBC except that they were, and Platt and his wife were the called messengers and happily flew off to the SBC convention, probably at the church’s expense. A melee ensued. With what appeared to be shenanigans, Platt ensured that Solomon would never be invited to preach (he was promised he could), and Platt maneuvered to win the vote to let him do as he pleased, as he always did.

Here is where I made my mistake. I didn’t understand how committed the opposition to Platt’s ascendency was. That is why these two videos, newly released, are here. By the end of Part 1, I called Todd and said he had to listen to it right away. He did and agreed with me. I now believe that the opposition has proved their point. McLean Bible Church was taken over by one of the Baptist Calvinista theodudes, firmly supported by the salivating SBC dudes who couldn’t wait to move MBC into the SBC column. In some ways, this situation reminds me of the current Park Street Church occupation.

I am leaving this for you to decide: was it a seizure of assets and the enthronement of an SBC theodude, or was it simply the changing of the guard?

TWW believed Platt was a liar in 2013 when we first met Todd Wilhelm.

Todd and I first communicated when Platt came to Dubai in 2013. We both thought he lied about what he was doing by implying that he was boldly going where few missionaries had before and that his life could be in danger. Codswallop! I wrote about Platt’s lies in My, My Dubai: 9 Marks Played Hardball While Lifeway/ David Platt Stretched the Truth. The only good thing about this was that Todd emailed me, and we formed an enduring friendship. (Ignore the pics that have timed out, or check out the original post saved to The Wayback Machine.)

I don’t believe Platt told the truth about his “dangerous” visit. The Dubai gendarmes were not looking to send him into a dark prison. They didn’t care or think about him in the least. The radical was merely a fuddy-duddy trying to look cool. I believe that if he lied about Dubai, he is probably lying about other things.

Now, it’s your turn to opine.


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Did David Platt Highjack McLean Bible Church? The McLean Bible Church Dissenters Make Their Claim and Convinced TWW. — 60 Comments

  1. We watched this documentary also in the last week.

    I’ve seen some on social media say things along the lines of, “this was just some people unable to come to terms with changes in their church”

    I think it goes well beyond that. Just from memory alone:

    – Repeatedly refusing to answer questions about the church’s affiliation with the SBC
    When Jeremiah Burke was told the church was affiliated by an SBC official, they attempted to suppress his voice at a members’ meeting
    – Following this, David Platt emailed the official and gave him a point by point response that he needed to email to the MBC elder board (the gall to suggest that the SBC is not a “denomination” is brave to say the least)
    – Refusal to accept the results of the first elder vote and delaying announcing the results
    – Removing people off the members’ role to massage the second vote
    – Named ballots to apply pressure for people to vote in a certain way
    – Allegations that a detailed sexual abuse allegation were ignored by Platt and his cohorts; it was implied the abuse was against, perhaps among others, an autistic child which is particularly appalling
    – Using template letters lacking specific allegations in Matthew 18 inspired church discipline was disgusting. As an aside, Matthew 18 says per RSV/ESV “if your brother sins against you” so given that translation, is not appropriate for use in broader church discipline
    – David Platt literally ran away from confrontation with the truth
    – His chair of the elder board subsequently did the same

    I thought that it was a really strong case made by some Christians who set a wonderful example of how to stand up to wolves in their leadership.

    If it’s not true, I’d expect a defamation lawsuit to be landing very soon. I imagine it is true, which will lead to the typical SBC response: silence.

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  2. That was hard to watch. So many hurting people. So much done without the knowledge of the elders! I only watched the first one. That poor elder who was pressured into voting for David when he had reservations. And someone pushed on the congregation and voted for in a hurry? Oh, I have been there!

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  3. I watched it. Definitely shows how Platt took over the church and reoriented the donations from supporting a lot of local in-house member run ministries to the SBC and Platt’s own organization, Radical.

    I don’t think the SBC staff or the Executive Committee planned this. But once Platt started making the arrangements, people inside the SBC staff became allies because the SBC would also benefit.

    Redoing an election is the strongest indicator that there’s fraud and theft.

    Here’s my take. Platt becomes the new pastor with the design to reorient MacLean’s giving patterns. Platt is also super woke, so he wants to bring diversity to the staff and bring in people trained in SBC seminaries. Platt is able to remake the staff but not the elder board because new elders requires a congregational vote. When the vote doesn’t go his way, they strike a lot of people from the voter roles, and they devote.

    Platt would ultimately like to see someone else pastor the church on a day to day basis. He can get funded by radical, which will by funded by the church.

    Dont trust Platt at all.

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  4. “McLean Bible Church was taken over by one of the Baptist Calvinista theodudes”

    It’s happening all over the SBC. It’s just what the New Calvinists do. They firmly believe they have come into the world for such a time as this to restore the one true church (Calvinism = Gospel); thus, they justify their takeover actions for the good of their movement and the “Gospel”.

    “Platt’s lies”

    Stealth and deception are modus operandi of the New Calvinists. It’s just what they do. They certainly have a passion to fulfill their objective to expand their aberrant belief and practice whatever it takes … but it is a misplaced passion.

    The good people of McLean Bible Church, like so many congregations across the country, are feeling the pain of losing their church to a movement and denomination they didn’t ask for.

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  5. The two parts of the documentary are very powerful. The people interviewed are very credible and most have documents, e-mails, and videos to back up their claims. David Platt was assisted in this church takeover by elders who were either (1) in on the plan, or (2) kept in the dark and who chose to “go along to get along.” I applaud the courage of those who tried to stop it.

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  6. When people who believe in a theology that teaches that God exercises meticulous control over every detail of life behave badly, even wickedly, we should not be surprised. It is entirely predictable. Yet, still…people of good faith are shocked when John Piper’s family implodes, RC Sproul’s son, John McCarthurs son, RW Glenn is a serial adulterer, Ravi Zacharias leads a double life, James Macdonald explodes in scandal, Mark Driscoll is a flaming dumpster fire. And recently, Steve Lawson, perhaps the dean of Reformed circles, is in adultery with someone younger than his granddaughter. So, color me UNSURPRISED that David Platt is the equivalent of a corporate raider. Except, the Jesus business is all tax free.

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  7. I was a MBC-er ’88-’92 and ’00-’17 and would never have left except for the coup that brought Platt to power.
    It was an inside job, led by assistant pastor Dale Sutherland, but I must say that I was astonished at how people who seemed solid and conservative turned 180 degrees and backed obvious deceit and financial abuse/fraud. You’ll see examples of that especially in part 2 of “The Real David Platt” documentary.
    Since I assume these church volunteers weren’t paid, I wonder at the total lack of fidelity to their own Christian beliefs.

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  8. I should add that although I’m 100% anti-Calvinist, I could accept a “lordship salvation” Calvinist like MacArthur or Washer taking over MBC even though I would have disliked it, but leftist/woke and obviously financially corrupt Calvinists taking over without even a pastor search or honest congregational vote was a nonstarter for me.

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  9. I’ve been looking for you to post on this one since the documentary came out a few days ago so I could comment: one of the things that stood out to me after the more obvious things others have pointed out is what seems to be essentially a money laundering operation. MBC cuts checks to New City church plants, and then New City pays MBC, but MBC is the sole funder of New City? I guess if you multiply neo-cal churches, you can control more of the SBC convention too. But the SBC is broke and is selling their headquarters, so all these neo-cal mini church plants are sending money to SBC which is really just MBC money. Hmm…

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  10. I’m Salvador Cordova and I was in the documentary.

    Thank you for raising awareness of the documentary and our testimonies. Court records indicate on October 3, 2021 I was confronted by MBC armed security while I sat QUIETLY in my chair in the sanctuary during a worship service. I was then threatened with arrest and jail (in 5 counties) if I ever set foot on MBC properties. No reason was given at the time they made those threats against me, and they still haven’t been forthcoming as to why they did that to me.

    I suspect it was the fact I made 2 youtube videos highlighting that Platt’s associate Mike Kelsey said “It’s difficult for me not to torch all white people, particularly white evangelicals and Christians” and then I mocked them in another video (nicknamed the “Platt Splatt”) for Platt telling the congregation that MBC was prospering under Platt when in fact it took him only 4 years to wipe out half of the congregation which took 55 years to build from 25 people to 13,500 people. Clips from both the aforementioned videos were shown in the documentary.

    Thanks again for bringing attention to the documentary and giving us a chance to tell our story and rebuke Platt publicly according to 1 Tim 5:20 and Prov 27:5 where it says, “open rebuke is better than secret love”.

    Paul was threatened with arrest and jail, and he appealed to Caesar. We were also threatened with arrest and jail and we appealed to Caesar. Our legal action unfortunately is colloquially called a “lawsuit”, but on the sense of 1 Cor 6, where there are monetary damages demanded. Our legal action wanted “equitable relief” which means no monetary damages, only demands that MBC follow its sworn obligation to disclose it’s financial activities to the public.

    Monetary lawsuits are permissible between believer and unbeliever, and when people professing to be believers flagrantly do not act as believers, after they are confronted, they can be treated as unbelievers.

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  11. Jerome,
    From gift to grift. Grift posing as gift.

    (18 gifts of the Holy Spirit comprise the church as the Body of Christ: Romans 12, 1 Cor. 12, Eph. 4)

    Shepherds are gifted by the Holy Spirit, as thus a GIFT to the Church. Who pays for a gift? No one. NT shepherds who traveled were given room and board for a couple of days only, in each town where they shared their message.

    Vs.

    Grift. When false shepherds run a business they call church, building dynasties and amassing fortunes.

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  12. Simon Shepherd: I thought that it was a really strong case made by some Christians who set a wonderful example of how to stand up to wolves in their leadership.

    If it’s not true, I’d expect a defamation lawsuit to be landing very soon. I imagine it is true, which will lead to the typical SBC response: silence.

    David Platt, Wade Burnett, Mike Kelsey: The Triad running a 5-6 multi site business operation. Burnett is a lawyer, the brains behind the setup? David Platt seems to be the face and voice, though tongue-tied at times; loss for words. Kelsey adds diversity. Wokey pokey?

    As a whole, each site’s local team (under the lead of The Triad, of course) is highly diverse except for one obvious demographic missing: no women pastors. However, lots of women doing the work, without the entitlement, so most likely without voice. Except to reply, “Yes, sir!”?

    Appears to be a well run successful business, if that’s what one is looking for in a church.

    Note to Max: Calvin? Calvin is just there for name dropping. It’s all about the business, the business of church. Successful.

    Matthew 21, Luke 19, John 2. But then Jesus was not of the business class – more of a craftsman. Not really next level.

    Some of these churches nowadays seem to be quite next level.

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  13. Ava Aaronson: Calvin? Calvin is just there for name dropping. It’s all about the business, the business of church. Successful.

    Agreed. The higher-uppers have used/deceived millions of young, restless and reformed with Calvin-mania to finance their new venture (conferences, books, speaking engagements, and other gimmicks). This time, they didn’t even have to use the name “Jesus” to fool them into the Pied Piper line … they just dropped “Calvin” and the gullibles joined the movement (lots of them have already bailed out confused and disillusioned, they may never try church again).

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  14. Dee, isn’t this an age old story? There is a change in leadership/direction. The majority apparently approved, a minority dis-approved. The minority is unhappy, probably leave.

    To quote Solomon, “there is nothing new under the sun.”

    An interesting side note about the change of leadership at First Baptist Atlanta decades ago. Young Charles Stanley was give the pastoral role against huge opposition by the older leadership. It was so bad that he was actually punched by the head deacon on a Wednesday night. Ultimately that worked in his favor because if you’re the head deacon and you punch the pastor during Wednesday night prayer meeting, you have lost. And that’s what happened. Those who hated Charles left and the rest is history.

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  15. Ava Aaronson: Shepherds are gifted by the Holy Spirit, as thus a GIFT to the Church. Who pays for a gift? No one.

    Simon tried to buy the Holy Spirit, but it didn’t end well for him:

    “When Simon saw how the Spirit was given through the apostles’ laying their hands upon people he offered them money with the words, “Give me this power too” … But Peter said to him, “To hell with you and your money! How dare you think you could buy the gift of God!” (Acts 8:9-25 Phillips)

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer referred to what is going on in today’s Christian Industrial Complex as “cheap grace”:

    “Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like cheapjacks’ wares … Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.”

    Millions across America run to the message of cheap grace, while putting millions in the offering plate to hear it so they can remain unconvicted of their sin. They don’t have Jesus to worry about, since they are not challenged to be Christlike. The NeoCal theo-dudes preach grace-this and grace-that, but know very little about Grace.

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  16. Believer: John Piper’s family implodes, RC Sproul’s son, John McCarthur’s son, RW Glenn is a serial adulterer, Ravi Zacharias leads a double life, James Macdonald explodes in scandal, Mark Driscoll is a flaming dumpster fire. And recently, Steve Lawson, perhaps the dean of Reformed circles, is in adultery with someone younger than his granddaughter. So, color me UNSURPRISED that David Platt is the equivalent of a corporate raider

    etc. etc. etc.

    With a multitude of characters and scandals their ranks, I keep thinking New Calvinism will soon fade into obscurity. Church history is littered with such aberrations of faith and the damage they caused.

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  17. Bob M: This is the end for David Platt. He will not survive this.

    What’s the point in capturing a flagship church for the NeoCal movement, if you sacrifice yourself in the process? Does he get some sort of brownie points from the NeoCal kingpins for mastering stealth and deception in taking over MBC? These folks certainly have a passion, but it’s a misplaced passion.

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  18. Max: What’s the point in capturing a flagship church for the NeoCal movement, if you sacrifice yourself in the process?Does he get some sort of brownie points from the NeoCal kingpins for mastering stealth and deception in taking over MBC?These folks certainly have a passion, but it’s a misplaced passion.

    Max,

    Who knows what his motivation is. I am somewhat confused at this point, with some open questions that I don’t see being answered. I have heard that the best answer when someone questions your integrity is to let your actions speak for themselves, not attack. And he is obviously attacking. Go figure.

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  19. Please watch your children for signs of trauma from these kinds of messes.
    I still have vivid memories of church deacons fighting during a meeting 58 years ago. It finally got so bad that my parents recognized the damage it was causing to my siblings and me that we left the church.
    Bless you for trying, and i know there is validity in trying to save a church body, but not at the expense of the kids. There is not much good that can come out of them watching it all.

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  20. Jeffrey J Chalmers: listen to MacArthur preach… he sure does not sound “Christ like” to me…. Driscoll the same…

    The reason that the New Calvinists are not Christlike is that they put little emphasis on the person and message of Christ. They preach primarily about “God”, with little mention of Jesus, and hardly a word about the Holy Spirit. It’s another gospel which is not ‘the’ Gospel at all.

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  21. Jeffrey J Chalmers: it is obvious that so many “Churches”, both past and current, seem to miss the idea that “being a Christian” is being “Christ like”

    Depends on which Christ you follow … the one recorded in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John), the one you get by twisting the words of Paul, or the one you manufacture in your pet theology. Being “Christlike” to some does not necessarily mean the same thing that most of Christendom see in Scripture.

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  22. The Platt documentary was well done and left little doubt about Platt’s character and motives…he’s a wolf, liar, coward, and hypocrite of the highest order. The one thing that I do find odd is Lon Solomon’s silence. Everyone praised him in the documentary but suddenly he disappeared and Platt was forced in. I don’t understand how that could’ve happened…Lon should speak up. Makes me wonder if the SBC gave him a retirement check in exchange for an NDA. Just aimless speculation but why wouldn’t someone so invested in the church and loved by the church go away and not speak out. Not be in the documentary. Just strikes me as very odd. I wish someone would reach out and try to get a statement from him.

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  23. Mclean Bible Church members did not know Pastor Platt had moved their church to SBC affiliation … Summit Church members did not know Pastor Greear had signed their church onto SBC until he ran for President of the denomination … NeoCal church planters have planted SBC churches across America without members knowing they are SBC … NeoCal “pastors” have lied to pastor search committees about their theological persuasion to capture non-Calvinist SBC churches for the reformed movement … stealth and deception are modus operandi of New Calvinists.

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  24. Max,

    Former attendee at both McLean and Summit. Not to say that there aren’t issues, but Summit’s history was as Homestead Heights Baptist so it has always been Baptist, even if Greear was the one who advocated for the name change to de-emphasize denomination (and the way I saw it, to more emphasize the unity of the Christian church). While it’s true that many attendees did not necessarily know it was Baptist as a consequence, it was never intentionally hidden the way Platt tries to dodge questions about denominational affiliation, and anyone seeking to be a formal member rather than just an attendee at the Summit would very quickly learn that it was Baptist, if they didn’t already figure that out.

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  25. Jeffrey J Chalmers:
    Muff Potter,

    You do have to wonder…Just listen to MacArthur preach… he sure does not sound “Christ like” to me…. Driscoll the same…

    “Deep Throat” Driscoll and he will always bear that name to me thanks to his infamous Song of Solomon Sermon.
    (Plus other unwanted onstage peeks into his paraphilas.)

    Though he’s redefined himself yet again. A while ago he ditched the Mickey Mouse T-shirt and kewpie doll hairstyle, changing to the look of Leo De Caprio’s professor from Don’t Look Up.

    And recently he must have redefined again; according to a video YouTube’s Sacred Algorithm sent my feed last week, he’s now preaching End Time Prophecy like Hal Lindsay with the cosplay look of Amos from The Expanse.

    Regeneration after Regenerasion – who does he think he is, Doctor Who?

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  26. Max: “Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like cheapjacks’ wares … Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.”

    These days there seems an obsession with “being saved” as a criterion. In my day we were glad to just be redeemed!

    MJ Dawson: I wish someone would reach out and try to get a statement from him.

    Villains love to be centre stage, after all bad is the new good. Perhaps LS contributed and “somehow” he got edited out? One of my old situations was very like that albeit that one was not in the media. Or else he was so dumbfounded like nearly all the people I knew from the situation that was in the media.

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  27. Headless Unicorn Guy: he’s redefined himself yet again

    The first time I heard of Mark Driscoll, he was involved with the emergent church movement (Rob Bell, Brian McLaren) … he then reinvented himself, to join the resurgent (New Calvinist) movement … reinventing himself again in Phoenix as a Charismatic Calvinist … of late, he has been hanging out with pentecostals. He’s a chamelion.

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  28. Michael in UK: These days there seems an obsession with “being saved” as a criterion.

    And the accompanying obsession with “I’m Saved AND YOU’RE NOT!”
    The Wretched Urgency (supercharged by Rapture Ready Any Minute Now) to Be SAVED and Get Them SAVED — OR ELSE!

    And what’s Saved(TM) is some abstract thing called a “Soul”.
    NOT the complete Person, with all their thoughts, dreams, hopes, and flaws.

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  29. Max: Southern Baptist?

    Info found online says Homestead Heights was originally chartered as Grace Baptist Church as a member of the Yates Baptist Association. Yates was a local association and part of the Baptist State Convention of N.C. , which is SBC. So at least at the local association level they were with southern baptists.

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  30. Headless Unicorn Guy,

    You are exactly correct.. I have a academic colleague of acient near eastern countries and cultue with a specialty in Hebrew, and his perspective on the OT, and current and orthodox Christianity understanding, or lack thereof is sometimes just breath taking…. Apparently, the early Church tired very hard to separate it self from Judism, and cost of losing so much deep understanding of the OT, and the significence of NT teaching when you really understand what a Jew at the time of the NT understood..

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  31. well here a little book on the subject :
    The Judaizing Calvin Paperback – September 21, 2012. by Aegidius Hunnius (Author), Paul A. Rydecki (Translator), & 1 more .Worth reading.
    For Calvin there is no new Covenant.
    Ruth Magnuson Davis has articles about it. Here the title of one : Christ “Manifest” vs. Christ Incarnate: Where John Calvin’s Treatment of the Incarnation Fell Short; But Who, Since the Early Lutherans, Has Noticed?
    https://www.academia.edu/44924471/Christ_Manifest_vs_Christ_Incarnate_Where_John_Calvin_s_Treatment_of_the_Incarnation_Fell_Short_But_Who_Since_the_Early_Lutherans_Has_Noticed?email_work_card=view-paper
    Contents of this paper:
    1. Calvin on the New Covenant. (Not new except as to the form of teaching. Christ was part of a whole new external way of teaching and confirming the Abrahamic Covenant.) … 3
    2. The early pedagogic meaning of “manifest. (How Calvin could say that Christ “manifested” the Abrahamic covenant.) … 6
    3. Martin Luther on the New Covenant. (Fully new, and Christ’s covenant with us for our salvation. Christ died to ratify his covenant, not another.) Ten points of difference with Calvin. … 8
    4. How Calvin robbed the Incarnation in his Institutes. … 11
    5. “Manifest” in the Geneva Bible and later versions . (Jeremiah 31; 1John 3:5, 1:2, 3:8) … 15
    6. The robbery of other verses. (Hebrews 9:8, 10:20; Romans 8:3) … 20
    7. Conclusion: Certain false appearances. … 22
    (Note to reader: This paper was becoming too long, because the more I dug, the more I
    found. So I shortened it, and in due course hope to make it a book, perhaps called “Christ
    Manifest vs. Christ Incarnate: How Calvin’s Pedagogic Messiah Robbed the Incarnation and Every Confession that Depends on It.” This paper focuses mainly on the Incarnation.)
    1. Calvin on the New Covenant
    Calvin’s treatment of the Incarnation is bound up with his doctrine of the New Covenant,
    so it is best to begin there. He repeatedly spoke of the New Covenant as a confirmation of that which went before. https://www.academia.edu/44924471/Christ_Manifest_vs_Christ_Incarnate_Where_John_Calvin_s_Treatment_of_the_Incarnation_Fell_Short_But_Who_Since_the_Early_Lutherans_Has_Noticed?email_work_card=view-paper

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  32. senecagriggs: The majority apparently approved, a minority dis-approved. The minority is unhappy, probably leave.

    But the majority didn’t approve, at least a majority sufficient to approve the hostile takeover. They improperly used their positions of authority to oust long standing members to rig a minority. Then the new majority of squatters declares victory and accuses the victims of unbiblical behavior.

    If this sin were sexual abuse, there would be uniform condemnation, this sin is no less sin.

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  33. John: They improperly used their positions of authority to oust long standing members to rig a minority. Then the new majority of squatters declares victory and accuses the victims of unbiblical behavior.

    = New Calvinist modus operandi … it’s happening all over the SBC as the NeoCals take over non-Calvinist churches via stealth and deception.

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  34. John: But the majority didn’t approve, at least a majority sufficient to approve the hostile takeover. They improperly used their positions of authority to oust long standing members to rig a minority. Then the new majority of squatters declares victory and accuses the victims of unbiblical behavior.

    John, I’m no attorney, but this is a RICO action waiting to happen. In some of these cases, there are properties worth many millions of dollars, illegally, immorally, unbiblically taken over by NeoCals of the SBC! It reminds me of the wild days of highly leveraged takeovers of corporations.

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