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Bud Ahlheim, Christianity, interfaith, Islam, new spirituality, Pulpit & Pen, religious freedom, Southern Baptist Convention
A challenging article from the Pulpit & Pen blog:
Worshipping Religious Liberty: SBC Joins Mosque Building Effort
Southern Baptists, through their Ethics And Religious Liberty Commission and their International Mission Board, have joined hands with Muslims and others to help build a mosque.
But they have to. It’s inevitable when you hold closely to the tenets of American Christianity.
The SBC’s ERLC and IMB have joined in with the likes of the Center for Islam and Religious Freedom, the Interfaith Coalition on Mosques, the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, the Sikh Coalition, and other unlikely allies to support building a mosque. According to The Becket Fund For Religious Liberty (An organization in which Russell Moore is on the Board of Directors) over 20 “interfaith” groups have united to push forward the agenda of the god of religious liberty in support of the mosque.
Read the rest of the article here.
The Narrowing Path 
Reblogged this on Wings of the Wind and commented:
The Southern Baptists support the building of a Mosque? This article, shared by my very discerning sister in Christ Sherryn of The Narrowing Path blog, discusses “American Christianity.” Is it a wonder that we have the choices that we have for president when pastors haven’t been preaching God’s truths for decades. American materialism trumps the Bible in the majority of our churches. And people ask why we have so many problems.
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