FBF RESOLUTION ON NEW EVANGELICALISM IN FUNDAMENTALISM-Realizing that significant numbers of professing Fundamentalists continue to drift into New Evangelicalism, we grieve over this departure from Biblical separation and call for an unwavering commitment to a bold, militant defense of truth. As Fundamentalists, we must be willing to point out error and deal with it honestly, and when necessary, to separate from New Evangelicalism posing as Fundamentalism. We reaffirm our beliefs and practices concerning ecclesiastical and personal separation, and resolve to model Biblical love, intellectual honesty, diligent study, Scriptural preaching, appropriate debate, Holy Spirit dependence, joyful endurance, pure character, and gentleness of spirit, but deplore and forsake hypocrisy, unapproachableness, rashness, reactionism, contentiousness, and unteachableness.

GRAHAM DOESN'T WARN LAMB OF WOLVES-Billy Graham, quoted in 5-6 Foundation from 10/10/99 St. Louis Dispatch: "I am not a pastor of a church. That's not my responsibility. My responsibility is to preach the Gospel to everyone and let them choose their own church, whether it is Catholic or Protestant or Orthodox or whatever it is. And to me that's between an individual and a church and God."

IBFNA RESOLUTION: RESPONDING TO COMPROMISE IN THE GARBC-WHEREAS, the Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America (IBFNA) exists to lead the cause for Biblical Separation and this leadership requires both teaching the truth and warning against compromise (Col. 1:28), and WHEREAS, continuing compromise is evident in many of the churches affiliated with the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (GARBC) and its partnering schools and agencies, and WHEREAS, symptomatic of this compromise is the appointment of Dr. William Brown, currently the president of new-evangelical Bryan College (Dayton, TN) as the next president of Cedarville University, and WHEREAS, this appointment continues the theological decline Cedarville University has pursued for many years under the leadership of its retiring president, Dr. Paul Dixon, as demonstrated by the speakers in its chapel pulpit, the lack of separatist teaching in its classrooms, the rapid descent into worldliness in its most recent jazz festival, and the discarding of its former musical and theological standards, and WHEREAS, the GARBC is cooperating with the theological compromise of Cedarville University, the site of the 2oo2 Annual Conference, through its partnering relationship, and WHEREAS, partnering has proved no better than the approval system but has only served to deflect criticism of the GARBC, and WHEREAS, we recognize that there are several of our fundamentalist brethren who remain in the GARBC, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that we, the members of the IBFNA meeting in Annual Conference in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, June 25-27, 2002, do affirm that affiliation with the GARBC is inconsistent with the Biblical Doctrine of Separation that has been the very purpose of the IBFNA from its inception. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we encourage all of our fundamentalist brethren to withdraw from the GARBC and that they rally together with the IBFNA in raising high the standard carried by the separatist founders of the GARBC. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that we instruct the Editor of the IBFNA Review to provide Pastors and church members with current information about the compromise in the GARBC so that the IBFNA continues to follow the example of Dr. Robert T. Ketcham, Dr. Paul R. Jackson, and other past leaders of the GARBC, who challenged the compromises of their day and defended Biblical Separation in official GARBC publications.

IBFNA CONFERENCE REPORT-The 12th Annual Family Bible Conference of the Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America took place June 25-27 at Middleburg Heights, Ohio. The preaching, music, and fellowship were good (sse June CC for list of speakers). Officers elected to new two-year terms were: Jeff Bailey is the new Moderator, succeeding Dr. Clay Nuttall; Dan Brown is the new IBFNA Secretary; and Tom Hamilton is Treasurer. Dave Reinhardt is the new Editor of The Review, succeeding Paul Gustine. Next year's meeting is tentatively set for Norwich, Conn.

IBFNA HONORS CC EDITOR-The Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America presented its Watchman Award to this editor at its annual convention June 27. A plaque with the Ezek. 3:17 verse had this notation: "For His Contributions to Our Fellowship and the Cause of Fundamentalism as Editor of the Calvary Contender." What an undeserved surprise! August 2002 -
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CBF WANTS TO JOIN BWA, SBC OBJECTS-The liberal Baptist World Alliance is the international umbrella entity of Baptists. Founded in 1905, it represents over 200 Baptist unions and conventions that include about 44.5 million baptized believers and 110 million worshipers in 193,000 Baptist churches. The Southern Baptist Convention, a founding member of the BWA, is its largest member body with 16 million church members. It also funds about 20 percent of BWA's $2.1 million annual budget. (7/18 Ala. Baptist) The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, established in 1991, is a liberal breakaway group from the SBC. The 11-year conflict arose again recently at a BWA meeting in Spain, over SBC's opposition to CBF's application for BWA membership.

MORE CBF LIBERALISM-The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is a breakaway organization of moderates and liberals. Last year, a CBF auxiliary partner ministry featured a breakfast rife with stridently feminist God language and had songs and prayers to "Mother God." (See 9/15/01 CC.) This year's meeting in Fort Worth was marked by allegations of plagiarism by CBF Resource Coordinator Reba Cobb of a 1970s-era sermon from a book said to be "a full-orbed defense of the far left of American religious feminism." This source of her speech contained lesbian and erotic writings (7/8 Chr. News). CBF Coordinator Daniel Vestal wants dialogue with Muslims and said the CBF is committed to interfaith dialogue (7/11 Ala.Bapt.). The national CBF elected a Missouri woman, Cynthia Holmes, as moderator-elect.

RECENT NEW COLLEGE LEADERS-Dr. William E. Brown, president of Bryan College since 1992, is to succeed Dr. Paul Dixon as president of Cedarville University (GARBC partner) in early 2003. *** Dr. George D. Youstra recently announced his retirement as president of Clearwater Christian College and Dr. Richard A. Stratton is the new president-elect. *** Dr. Matt Olson succeeds Dr. Les Ollila as president of Northland Baptist Bible College. *** Dr. Tim Jordan became Chancellor of Calvary Baptist Seminary and is succeeded as President by Dr. David Burggraff. *** Dr. David Bouler was elected President of Tennessee Temple University succeeding Dr. Roger Stiles who became V-P. (Dr. Barkev Trachian is Temple Baptist Seminary President.)

DE HAAN SUCCUMBS TO PARKINSON'S-Richard W. De Haan, former head of RBC Ministries and creator in 1968 of the weekly Day of Discovery TV program, died in July. He was 79 and suffered from Parkinson's disease. He took over his family's broadcast ministry when his father, well-known Bible teacher M.R. De Haan, died in 1965. He was the voice of the daily "Radio Bible Class" for over 30 years until his retirement in 1985 (8/10 World). He attended Wheaton and Calvin colleges and Northern Baptist Seminary and generally continued the scriptural teaching of his father. We have disagreed with their teaching that Jesus could have sinned, and have long been concerned about the drift toward New Evangelicalism. Liberals and New Evangelicals were sometimes quoted in Our Daily Bread devotional booklets.

FORMER CT EDITOR KENNETH KANTZER DIES-Dr. Kenneth Kantzer, 85, died June 20. He had a Ph.D. from Harvard, taught at Wheaton and Trinity, and was editor of the new-evangelical Christianity Today from 1978 to 1982. He praised the Pope and referred to him as "the successor of St. Peter" in the 9/6/85 CT. He said of hell: "But when Jesus spoke of flames…these are most likely figurative warnings."

WHITHER TENNESSEE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY?-We would like to be able to sincerely recommend Tennessee Temple Schools (and Temple Baptist Seminary). After all, it's only a little over 100 miles from us (closer than any other such "evangelical" entity), and we have found their professors (the ones we've met through the years) to be nice folks. So, what's the problem? It's one that few ever mention anymore-the doctrine of Biblical separation! Routinely and habitually, year after year, TTU/TBS invites speakers identified, in varying degrees, as being in the New Evangelical camp. Some are reputed to be ecumenicals. Listed speakers in recent years include the following: Drs. Warren Wiersbe, Stephen Olford (So. Baptist), Mark Senter (Trinity Int'l U.), Walter Kaiser (Gordon-Conwell Sem.), Tom Mahairas, Kenn Gangel (Dallas/Toccoa), Eugene Merrill (DTS?), and Gary Habermas (Liberty U., defender of Shroud of Turin hoax). Trinity, Gordon-Conwell, Dallas, and Liberty have all for years taken a New Evangelical stance. TTU Pres. Dr. David Bouler was listed to speak at Word of Life and WOL's Dr. Joe Jordan was to speak at TTU last month. (See 8/02 CC for the "legacy" WOL founder Jack Wyrtzen left on separation.) We know of no one who is perfect on this issue, but should it not grieve all of us when this Bible doctrine is so ignored?

PASTORS, CHURCHES MUST TEACH DOCTRINE-A doctrineless people will soon become a directionless people. They have no anchorage and no sense of direction. They are without guidance…A doctrineless people is a spineless people. They have no great convictions to put strength into their characters. They have no principles for which to fight. They do not know what the controversy means. They have no criteria nor canons for evaluation. They do not sense the dangers or the issues involved. Therefore, they are supine and soft and easily succumb. (April 2002, Baptist Banner)

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