Baptist President Denounces ‘Hijacked’ BLM Group, but Says It Honors Christ to Say ‘Black Lives Matter’ By CBN News
GNN Note – hmmmm….must’ve missed that section in the Gospel regarding honoring one group of people over others. WOW! I wonder why Christianity in the U.S. is becoming highly suspect. It’s nice that Pastor Greear stopped short of advocating for a terrorist organization funded by the Soros foundation / Open Society.
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J.D. Greear, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, on Tuesday, implored Southern Baptist members to accept and promote that “black lives matter” as a gospel issue but criticized the Black Lives Matter organization in his 2020 presidential address to church members.
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Speaking from his office in Durham, NC, in a video address, Greear told the largest Baptist denomination in the world that black lives do matter.
“Southern Baptists, we need to say it clearly: As a Gospel issue, black lives matter. Of course, black lives matter. Our black brothers and sisters are made in the image of God. Black lives matter because Jesus died for them. Black lives are a beautiful part of God’s Creation and they make up an essential and beautiful part of this body,” he said.
“Let me echo my friend Jimmy Scroggins, a pastor down in Florida, in saying that ‘black lives matter’ is an important thing to say right now because we are seeing in our country the evidence of specific injustices that many of our black brothers and sisters and friends have been telling us about for years,” Greear said. “And by the way, let’s not respond by saying ‘oh, well all lives matter.’ Of course all lives matter. … That’s true. But you’re missing the point.”
Greear did not advocate for the Black Lives Matter organization which he said has been “hijacked by some political operatives whose worldview and policy prescriptions would be deeply at odds with my own,” but he embraced and promoted the sentiment behind the movement. He noted it’s time to listen to one another.
