Step One: Form a Praise Band. Preferably with torn jeans and sandals.
Step Two: Stop talking about sin and judgement.
Step Three: Start talking about Social Justice.
Step Four: Get female clergy.
Step Five: Get gay clergy.
It has happened in most of the the mainstream denominations, following the same template. I’m suprised the Baptists held out this long.
Steps 2, 4, and 5 are outlined beautifully in Wayne Grudem's book "Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth." It is a predictable pattern. As we let man decide the answers, rather than God's word, we make up more and more, and use the Bible less, and less. Great book. It explained to me perfectly why the CBF'ers in my church were so desperately trying to push female deacons and ministers. And I mean "push." No kindness, 'peace,' or 'tolerance' involved in the process.
http://www.amazon.com/Evangelical-Feminism-Biblical-Truth-Questions/dp/157673840X
..I agree with the late Harold Lindsell’s assessment in “The Battle for the Bible” and Francis Schaeffer’s “The Great Evangelical Disaster”—departure from embracing plenary Divine inspiration of and authority of the Bible leads to this...
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
“ Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
9 And He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘ Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
10 “ Make the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.”