By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League July 31, 2023 My wife, Kim, and I attend a small Baptist Church in the metropolis of Eureka, North Carolina. I’m being facetious about Eureka’s size because actually, it’s a town in Wayne County with a population of about 200. Our pastor is stupendous and the congregation of […]
Southern Baptist Convention
SBC Severs Affiliation with College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro
Rev. Creech says church discipline should be a priority in an age of growing apostasy By L.A. Williams Christian Action League September 29, 2022 The Southern Baptist Convention’s Sept. 20 decision to cut ties with a Greensboro church because of its “affirmation, approval and endorsement of homosexual behavior” has been greeted with derision by many, […]
SBC Grieving over Sexual Abuse, ‘Being Purged of Sin,’ says Rev. Creech
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 26, 2022 “Resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility” — that’s the response some victims of alleged clergy sex abuse got from the South Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee when they reported the crimes, according to Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm contracted to investigate the convention’s handling of sex abuse […]
Why So Many Empty Churches? A Reminder and Warning for Southern Baptists
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League June 11, 2021 In my hometown, prominently sitting high on a hill, is an old and empty Episcopal church. No one attends there anymore. It’s a historical edifice, which serves no purpose for the community except to reminisce about the way things were. For me, that old church […]
Slogans Matter and Sometimes Slogans Divide
An Academic Argument for why Christians Should Not Use the ‘Black Lives Matter’ Catchphrase By A. D. Powers, PhD. Professor of PhilosophyChristian Action LeagueJune 19, 2020 The struggle throughout the Reformation of the sixteenth century was caught up in a political and theological battle over the phrase, “This is my body.” The Reformers were united […]