The compromise at West Coast Baptist College and Lancaster Baptist Church is evidenced by the affiliations of its staff members, some of whom are comfortable straddling the fence between a fundamentalist and a contemporary position. This is dangerous, unscriptural bridge-building. Jim Schettler is an example. He was the pastor of the campus church at Pensacola Christian College for many years, then moved to California to pastor First Baptist Church of Santa Maria and to be the Vice President of Student Affairs at West Coast Baptist College. Pastor Schettler’s son, Ben, is founder of Ask or Think Ministries and a teen ministry called Pure Truth Conferences. He is also a member of and preaches at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, a rock & roll Southern Baptist congregation that uses modern versions (NIV, NASV, The Message) and despises “separatism.” Olive Baptist’s pastor, Ted Traylor, was First Vice-President of the SBC in 2000 and President of the SBC’s 2004 Pastors’ Conference. Olive Baptist rocked out in both services on June 28 with the Jason Lovins Band. At his blog, Ben Schettler currently recommends a book by John Piper’s son, Barnabas, that glorifies doubt, which is an emerging principle, as we have documented in What Is the Emerging Church? [See “Glorifying Doubt” under the Emerging Church section of the Articles Database at www.wayoflife.org.] West Coast’s Jim Schettler is partnering with Ben in ministry. He is a prominent speaker at Ben’s conferences, most recently in April 2015 in Cincinnati. Rand Hummel, director of the Wilds of New England, is also a speaker at Ben’s conferences. We believe that a man should love his son no matter what he believes and should show it and seek to win his heart to the truth, but fellowship with a son on a personal basis is one thing, while joining hands in ministry with a son committed to the contemporary, anti-separatist, rock & roll SBC philosophy is an entirely different one. Many Lancaster members and West Coast students will walk across the bridges that are being built by its teachers and staff members. (See also “Next Generation Rocking at Lancaster Baptist Church,” Apr. 23, 2015.) Following are sites that document the things stated in this report: - www.puretruthmovement.com/speakers - www.facebook.com/puretruthconference - www.wcbc.edu/welcome-dr-jim-schettler (Friday Church News Notes, July 3, 2015, www.wayoflife.org, [email protected], 866-295-4143) Comments are closed.
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