The CBF, Which Many SBC Churches are Aligned With, Merges With Pro-Sodomy Organization

Disntr ^ | June 17, 2024 | staff

[Morgana]

In the modern landscape of American Christianity, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) finds itself grappling with internal conflicts that reveal the troubling infiltration of leftist ideologies. A prime example is the dual alignment of some Southern Baptist churches with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF), a group that epitomizes the complete and total apostasy from biblical truth.

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship emerged in the early 1990s as a reactionary movement against the Conservative Resurgence within the SBC. This Resurgence aimed to return the SBC to a firm commitment to biblical inerrancy and conservative theology. In contrast, the CBF was birthed from a rejection of these conservative principles, embracing a more liberal theology that has only grown more progressive over time.

From its inception, the CBF has championed leftist causes that staunchly oppose biblical teachings on essentially everything. This organization has not only supported the ordination of women pastors but has also moved towards full inclusion of homosexuals and other sexual deviants and even advocates for abortion rights.

This trajectory is a radical departure from orthodox Christian doctrine and a surrender to the secular, progressive agenda that is increasingly pervasive in society. Today, many Southern Baptist churches, including former Executive Committee president, Jonathan Howe’s church, are dually aligned with both the SBC and the CBF.

Here is a recent email sent out by the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists (AWAB), a division of the CBF, that demonstrates just how far this organization has gone on the same trajectory as other apostate denominations such as the United Methodist Church and the PCUSA:

The CBF’s journey into apostasy is evident in its relentless pursuit of “inclusivity” at the expense of their souls. Their stance on LGBTQ issues, in particular, reflects a broader cultural capitulation. The recent merger between the CBF’s Affirming Network and the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists (AWAB) underscores this reality. This merger, announced in June 2024, solidifies the CBF’s commitment to normalizing and promoting LGBTQ lifestyles within Baptist life. Such actions blatantly ignore the clear teachings of Scripture regarding sexuality and the sanctity of life.

One of the most alarming developments in this saga is the presence of Jonathan Howe, who until recently served as the interim president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. Howe’s church, Woodmont Baptist Church in Nashville, is dually aligned with both the SBC and the CBF. This dual alignment means that Howe, essentially the acting CEO of the SBC, was leading the denomination while being actively involved with an organization that stands in direct opposition to God.

This situation is akin to having a fox guard the henhouse. It’s an appalling oversight that a man whose church supports an organization like the CBF, with its radical leftist agenda, was entrusted with such a significant leadership role within the SBC. This is not just a lapse in judgment but a severe compromise of the biblical principles that the SBC claims to uphold. If there is a such thing as a “Jezebel Spirit,” this would be it.

The Bible warns us about the dangers of false teachings and the infiltration of ungodly ideologies into the church. Revelation 2:20-23 speaks of tolerating false teachings that lead God’s servants astray. In a similar vein, the SBC’s tolerance of churches, not just Howe’s, but many churches, that are dually aligned with the CBF is a modern-day equivalent of allowing corruption to infiltrate the body of Christ. This permissiveness is not merely a minor doctrinal difference—it is a wholesale abandonment of biblical fidelity.

The leftist drift within the SBC, facilitated by people like Jonathan Howe, reveal a significant weakness—one of its many, many unresolved weaknesses—to the integrity of the denomination. This reminds us that Satan does not always attack from outside but often works insidiously from within, eroding the foundations of truth with subtle but destructive falsehoods.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“”” A prime example is the dual alignment of some Southern Baptist churches with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF)”””

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Do you know where I can find a list of those SBC churches aligned with CBF???

[ptsal]

Same question

[StrictConstructionist]

A lot of people on the road to hell.

Matthew 7:21-23 NASBS
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. [22] Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ [23] And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’

[Salman]

Sodomy is the big religious divide of today.

There are Sodomy churches and non-Sodomy churches.

[Texas Fossil]

Morgana, for many years you have posted bad stuff about the SBC (yes there are internal divides, this is not one of them.) I’ve been a member in a local Baptist Church who belongs to the Southern Baptist Convention. They do not run our Church. We hire our own pastors. Our local deacons run our church.

I find this disgusting taking into consideration the things that go on internally in some Catholic Churches.

Please be careful where you throw stones.

How in the world did you find this nutty source for the articles?

I’m not here to argue with you. But I don’t like your approach.

[odawg]

I keep wondering if the Southern Baptist will have learned anything at all from the breakup of the United Methodist Church, due to their embrace of blatant heresy.

[Morgana]

I’m not “throwing stones” I’m just posting the news.

I’m just the messenger please don’t shoot me.

I’ve posted about all Christian religious not just this one.

My point being? We are in trouble! It’s not just the Catholic Church, the Baptist church the Methodist Church, the Lutheran Church, the Lutheran church or what ever church I’ve posted about WE ALL ARE IN TROUBLE.

Religions that back when I was young were preaching fire and brimstone sermons are now pro abortion and pro queer. Something is very wrong. yes I will post about it.

You know me too when it comes to ABORTION I will post about it. When people in my religion have messed up I posted about it too.

Why? We need to start doing something! If this is your faith then do something! Don’t attack me the messenger do something about it. Don’t let them come into your church and fly rainbow flags and promote abortion.

[Morgana]

Is this what you are looking for?

https://tn.cbf.net/churches/

https://awab.org/

[Morgana]

See my post 9

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Thanks.

It sure looks like the affiliation with CBF is happening big time in the backyard of the SBC LEADERSHIP.

As usual in church politics, the rot begins at the head.

SBC Executive Committee
615.244.2355
901 Commerce St. • Nashville, TN 37203

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

And it’s worse. In 2023, CBF college Mercer University’s Celebrating Grace (publishes the CBF hymnal) acquired the assets of Brentwood-Benson, a major choral publisher shut down by Universal Music Group in 2021. Then they acquired Smith & Helwys in 2024, printing CBF Sunday School material.

Modern SBC churches are often buying Smith & Helwys Sunday School material and their NextSunday resources and Brentwood-Benson choral music, meaning they are buying from all sides of the newly empowered CBF.

As Albert Mohler wrote, the CBF’s first statement was to deny the inerrancy of Scripture.

So if your church uses Brentwood-Benson music or Smith & Helwys/NextSunday teachings, your church is aligning with the CBF.

“On July 9, 1991, the CBF (which would adopt that name the following day) approved an ‘Address to the Public’ that included one and only one clear theological statement, and that statement rejected the inerrancy of Scripture. ‘The Bible,’ said the statement, ‘neither claims or reveals inerrancy as a Christian teaching.’ Once the truthfulness and trustworthiness of the Bible are abandoned, theological revisionism is inevitable. The CBF report does not even attempt the exegesis of Scripture.” (and is why many churches now preach self-help without exegesis of Scripture today, especially when you’re featuring CBF music or Sunday School teachings)

Sources:

Mohler on the CBF: https://albertmohler.com/2018/02/12/ground-sinking-sand-portrait-theological-disaster/
GMA statement on Brentwood-Benson (”Capitol CMG” is a UMG division): https://gospelmusic.org/news/celebrating-grace-acquires-brentwood-benson-choral-catalog-from-capitol-christian-music-group
Celebrating Grace acquires Smith & Helwys: https://gospelmusic.org/news/celebrating-grace-acquires-brentwood-benson-choral-catalog-from-capitol-christian-music-group