Al Mohler's "Conservative" Ecumenism

Increasingly, independent Baptists are praising "conservative evangelicals" such as Al Mohler, Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Four years ago, Kevin Bauder, then president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Minneapolis, wrote: "Conservative evangelicalism encompasses a diverse spectrum of Christian leaders. John Piper, Mark Dever, John MacArthur, D. A. Carson, Al Mohler, R. C. Sproul ... These individuals and organizations exhibit a remarkable range of differences, but they can be classed together because of their vigorous commitment to and defense of the gospel" (In the Nick of Time, Bauder's blog, March 2010). (Sam Horn, formerly of Northland, became president of Central Seminary in 2011.) Bouder was expressing the Southern Baptist "unity in diversity" principle, which is nowhere supported in Scripture. Al Mohler is helping to build the one-world church by his support for contemporary worship music and ecumenical evangelism. On May 3, 2001, the Baptist Press ran an article entitled "Hundreds of Southern Students Prepare for Graham Crusade." Mohler, who served as chairman of the crusade, told the Baptist Press, "Nothing else has brought together the kind of ethnic and racial and DENOMINATIONAL INCLUSIVITY as is represented in this crusade; nothing in my experience and nothing in the recent history of Louisville has brought together such a group of committed Christians for one purpose."  In fact, Mohler's Southern Baptist Seminary proudly hosts the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth. There is nothing "conservative" or scriptural about ecumenical evangelism. Graham has worked closely with the Roman Catholic Church for sixty years and has turned thousands of converts over to Catholic churches, as we have documented in the free eBook Billy Graham and Rome.

(Friday Church News Notes, October 24, 2014, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143)

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