A Southern Baptist pastor is urging LifeWay Christian Bookstores to remove a number of books from its shelves that he believes undermine key Christian doctrines.
Channing Kilgore, associate pastor of South Whitwell Baptist Church in Tennessee, introduced a motion at the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting last month that called for LifeWay to remove books by teachers T.D. Jakes and John Hagee, any Catholic Bibles, 90 Minutes in Heaven, and The Shack.
SBC president Johnny Hunt ruled Kilgore's motion was not in order because it would have asked the convention to act like trustees. Kilgore says the books he wants removed from LifeWay stores are "contrary to the gospel" and the 2008 Baptist Faith and Message statement.
"For example, in The Shack, it's very unclear and muddled in a lot of its views on the Trinity, the role and person and work of Christ, and the way of salvation," Kilgore believes. "And in regards to T.D. Jakes, he will not come out and use classic, orthodox language in regards to the Trinity -- and that is a cornerstone doctrine of Christianity."
Kilgore notes that in 2005, LifeWay president Thom Rainer said that "LifeWay will not be a business, but a ministry to the church." However, Kilgore contends LifeWay is not ministering to the church by selling the books of "word of faith" teachers and authors who deny the Trinity.
Geez, seems like this guy is being a little narrow minded. What do you think?
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