John Killinger told the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly in Memphis, TN, the following as quoted in:
CBF presenter questions Christ’s deity
Posted on Jun 19, 2008 by David Roach
“Doctrine isn’t the driving force to many people today” except “to the fundamentalists who insist on it,” Killinger said. “But doctrine is a thing of the past now religiously.”
Pastors can follow this cultural shift by preaching about Jesus’ human side rather than insisting that He was God and that He always existed, Killinger said.
“There’s an altered view of Scripture and of the role of Christ,” he said of Christianity in today’s world. “Christ is still Savior to most of us, but maybe in a slightly different way than before.
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Many CBF pastors agree with his views of salvation, Killinger said, citing an experience at a gathering of pastors in South Carolina. When he asked them what salvation meant to them, they all talked about self-fulfillment and love rather than doctrine, Killinger said.
The pastors also said they did not disbelieve in an afterlife but were not overly concerned about it, Killinger said. When asked whether they thought people of other world religions are going to hell, the pastors replied that they did not think in terms of heaven and hell, he said.”
Also:
CBF focuses on prayer, women’s ordination
Posted on Jun 20, 2008 by David Roach
“Attendees heard a strong criticism June 19 of anyone who believes Scripture limits the office of pastor to men.
… I came to see that if we were not going to ordain women, we were going to have to stop baptizing girls,” Poole said to applause.”
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