The following language provides a sample church doctrinal statement for addressing marriage and related sexuality issues, to be approved by the church’s governing body and used in its key governance documents, such as its constitution or bylaws. The language may…
Resolutions of the SBC of Virginia 2014 Annual Homecoming at The Heights Baptist Church, Colonial HeightsRESOLUTION 3: on a Reaffirmation of Biblical MarriageWHEREAS, we the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, believe that the Holy Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of…
Statement from the SBC of Virginia regarding the recent Supreme Court ruling on marriage:The SBC of Virginia and affiliated churches have repeatedly and consistently stated that biblical and Christian marriage, as instituted by God and as recorded in Holy Scripture,…
Steady now Church!The last few days and last two weeks have been stormy and shocking in our society to say the least. Even in our SBC of Virginia family we received news of a pastor and wife being stabbed (I…
The following statement should be attributed to R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary."Everything has changed and nothing has changed. The Supreme Court’s decision today is a central assault upon marriage as the conjugal union of…
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 26, 2015—Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, commented on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling to declare same-sex marriage as a constitutional right, legalizing it in all 50 states. “I am a…