And it was, of course, wholly absent among Christians before 1611. I pray for all of you. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. This series needs to be widely read but, unfortunately, the Star-Telegramsshort-sighted, inflexible paywall will prevent that from happening. Scripture alone. While neo-evangelicals sent their kids to Wheaton College or Fuller Theological Seminary, fundamentalist Baptist kids went toBob Jones UniversityorPensacola Christian College. You know that I am Independent. Refusing to cooperate with other members in the Church. There is no appreciable moral distinction between homosexuality and bestiality, incest, child molestation or rape. And lets not forget the old For him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin catch-all At my IFB church that I grew up in I loved how they used to use that one to justify saying anything they didnt agree with or like was a SIN . Here are some quotes from the book: Wake up to the day's most important news. The Star-Telegram discovered at least 412 allegations of sexual misconduct in 187 independent fundamental Baptist churches and their affiliated institutions, spanning 40 states and Canada. Im saved now, right? She then administers [to a three-year-old] about ten slow, patient licks on his bare legs. He will very quickly come to know that any time he is laid down there is no alternative but to stay put. This past summer, amid new stories of Catholic sex abuse, the Evangelical magazine Worldcautioned its readers not to make the mistake of thinking that it cannot and does not happen in Protestant churches. Even my Southern Baptist Church wasnt this strict! Pastors of large churches and leaders of fundamentalist institutions such as Bob Jones, John R. Rice, and Jack Hyles still identified with the label fundamentalist. This movement was characterized by a staunch commitment to biblical orthodoxy filteredthrough the King James Bible, an adherence to second-degree separation or that idea that Christians must separate themselves frombothunbelievers (the world)andfellow conservative Protestants who did not separate sufficiently enough from unbelievers (Billy Graham and the rest of the neo-evangelicals fell into this second category), and a propensity for strong white preachers who ran independent congregations that were not accountable to denominations. If you are a young woman, thou shalt wear knee-length dresses, with hose and heels at summer camp in the woods in the red clay mud when it rains. All of the above were part of the unwritten code at my Fundy church 40 years ago. They would rather believe a lie that upholds their comfortable lives than face a truth that challenges it. Thus the words "Independent" and "Fundamental . 3.) 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Dont Dress Like a Whore if You Dont Want to Get Sexually Assaulted Says Lori Alexander, Thou shalt obey all adults at all times if you are a child or teenager, Thou shalt obey your husband at all times if you are a woman, Thou shalt obey your parents at all times, Thou shalt obey the police and government unless the pastor says it is a sin against God to do so, Thou shalt give a faith promise missionary offering, Thou give an offering any time the pastor says God is saying to collect a special offering, Thou shalt attend church every time the doors are open, Thou shalt pray for every meal, but ice cream at Dairy Queen after church requires no prayer, Thou shalt only use the King James Bible 1611 edition which is really the 1769 revision, Thou shalt only use the Scofield King James Bible, Thou shalt not have long hair (over your ears, collar) if you are a man, Thou shalt not have a block cut hairstyle if you are a man, Thou shalt not have facial hair if you are a man, but if you are a woman you can have facial hair, Thou shalt not have tattoos unless you have prison tats from your life before Christ, Thou shalt not take the hem out of your Levi jeans or alter your clothing in any way so that you look worldly, Thou shalt not wear pants (britches) if you are a woman, Thou shalt not wear shorts, but a woman can wear Baptist shorts also known as culottes, Thou shalt not expose any flesh if you are a woman, especially your thighs, breasts, or back, Thou shalt only wear dresses with hemlines below the knees if you are a woman, Thou shalt not have any physical contact with the opposite sex if you are unmarried, Thou shalt not have more than one hole in each ear if you are a woman, Thou shalt not pierce any body part except your ear, and then only if you are a woman, Thou shalt not watch TV, but if you are a carnal Christian and must watch TV thou shalt only watch, Thou shalt not go to the movie theater, but using streaming services is okay, Thou shalt always have tracts in your shirt pocket or purse, ready to evangelize at a moments notice, Thou shalt drive a car with church advertising stickers, IFB cliches, or Bible verses attached to the bumper, Thou shalt park down the street when visiting the local strip club or whore house lest the pastor know you are there and stay away, Thou shalt not listen to secular music, especially rock music, which is from the pit of hell, Thou shalt not listen to contemporary Christian music (CCM), Thou shalt not drink fermented alcohol after all, Jesus drank Welchs grape juice, Thou shalt not cuss, but saying darn, shoot, crap, freaking, and fudge are okay, Thou shalt not date non-Independent Baptist girls or boys, Thou shalt not have any non-Independent Baptist friends, Thou shalt home school your children or send them to a Christian school, Thou shalt only read pastor-approved Christian books, Thou shalt only believe what the pastor says you are to believe, Thou shalt say you have victory over sin, even if you are lying, Thou shalt adhere to the perception is reality rule, Thou shalt send your kids to the same Christian college the pastor went to, Thou shalt leave the church if you commit adultery, get a divorce, or get pregnant outside of marriage, Thou shalt believe everything the pastor says even when you are certain he is lying, speaking evangelistically, or embellishing his illustrations, Thou shalt wear a bra if you are a woman, and it can only be a white, underwire bra, Thou shalt not mix bathe (Baptist for swimming with the opposite sex), Thou shalt not go to amusement parks unless the youth group is going, Thou shalt not show emotion unless praising Jesus from 10:00 am to noon on Sunday or giving a testimony during Sunday evening service, Thou shalt say AMEN during at the appropriate time during the pastors sermon, especially when he shouts, pounds the pulpit, or performs gymnastics, Thou shalt not be angry even though the pastor is allowed to be angry, but thats because his anger is righteous anger, Thou shalt be for what the pastor is for and against what the pastor is against, because if you dont, a bear might come out of the woods and eat you, Thou shalt ignore any science that contradicts the Bible, Thou shalt never try to fix your own problems because the pastor is the official fixer of all problems, Thou shalt takes notes on the sermon even if the rabbit wanders five miles off the trail or the sermon is incoherent, Thou shalt always tell the pastor what a wonderful sermon he preached, even when you have no idea what he was talking about, Thou shalt always tell Sister Bertha what a wonderful job she did with her off-key rendition of, Thou shalt not use canned (taped) music for music specials. If your neighbor saw you leaving the Cinemaplex, he wouldnt know what movie you had watched, leading him to have questions about your faith. Where you write the rules. The philosophy is you dont air your dirty laundry in front of everyone. His manner of teaching is rough and salted with racist comments about Black folks. Unless you are a college student on a bus route. It is a Bible Baptist church. a couple of Greek Orthodox nuns are protesting the reinstatement of a priest, Todays Psychology Cant Help American Men. Some of them are becoming social halls instead of true worship centers. Women need not apply and should not study martial arts. It tried to explain and figure out why IFB churches seem to be drying up and closing their doors. Like the millions of others around the country who need to read these stories, they wont be able to unless they subscribe to a newspaper hundreds of miles from where they live. The one thing I do want to say for anyone just making their way out of the darkness of Independent Fundamental Baptists is this: that you once so thoroughly bought into IFB is a sign of your strength, not your weakness. Pray tell, Kathy, what are you going to tell me about the Bible that I dont already know? History of Landmarkism. I escaped when I was about 20 and went to the world. Her community turned on her, even though she was defending their health; most of the people in the community worked at local chemical plants, and they feared that the pharmacists allegations would cost them their jobs. Trieber did not respond to interview requests. 7 reviews. That is their unforgiveable sin. To get up is to be on the firing line and get switched back down. A few members of that church were hard-core, old-school fundies. Defeat him totally. Another rule for students was that thou shalt not attend the roller skating rink upon threat of expulsion. You brought all of yourself. The Lordship controversy and misrepresenting the Lordship preachers. She actually got upset! are now routinely included as simply evangelicals. Im not sure what this means, exactly, but I think it means something. It's not just Baptist Churches; most organize denominations are in one way or another legalistic. For the sake of consistency in training, you must follow through. When it is obvious he is totally broken, she will hand him the rag and very calmly say, "Johnny, clean up your mess.". It used to be that independent Baptists separated themselves from other Christians over important doctrines, such as the virgin birth of Christ or the inspiration of the Scriptures. Bruce Gerencser, 65, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 44 years. You ought to repent of this attitude and behavior while you are yet alive and repair your relationship with a God who undoubtedly still loves you, and stop taking an active hand in encouraging others to sin against a Holy God and ensuring their damnation. Maybe you would. Stuart Hardy was a youth and music pastor at an independent fundamental Baptist church in Michigan. America needs great Independent Baptist churches again. Generally speaking howe. They kept what worked for them. And screw 'em if they do. Thou shalt wear the sweatshirts & caps of your favorite basketball team; they are only evil & worldly if you choose to go to college there. And before you move on to other people to evangelize, consider that many former Evangelicals know the Bible inside and out. Born Again Barbarian 48.1K subscribers Subscribe 252 15K views 5 years ago The practices of the IFB movement are only a few hundred. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has done some very impressive and important reporting in its long special report on sexual abuse and cover-ups in independent fundamental Baptist churches across the country. They didn't sacrifice who they were. More: Nevertheless, [Bishop] Andonios [Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese] said he decided to reinstate [Father Gerasimos] Makris because parishioners demanded it. It upheld what it believed to be the true spirit of fundamentalism amid changes in the conservative Protestant landscape. But if you think most of the people in your church would do that, or stand by those who did, your optimism is unwarranted. IndependentBaptist.com was founded in an attempt to bring back the principles that lifted our movement in the 60's and 70's and that need to be revived in this day. Much of what we think of as the religious right would fall into that murky space in between old-school fundamentalism and the mainstream evangelicalism of Billy Graham et. Yet independent Baptists, by design, are less familiar to outsiders than other Christian traditions. Landmarkism began as a movement in the mid-1800's mainly in the Southern Baptist Convention. A bit later can you guess where this is going? He will kick you out of church and put you on church discipline for 6 months, after which you will be restored as a brother. Truly horrifying. The Baptist church started in the 17th century in America. They really spend too much time debating. Fritts' church is affiliated with The New Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement and is listed along with 29 others on the movement's website, which explicitly states that it is not a denomination. Questions About Independent Fundamental Baptists, Leighton Flowers, & Justin Peters Right Response Ministries 36K subscribers Subscribe 10K views 1 month ago GEORGETOWN Can you name one thing. Single. And they used the best of who you are, and the best of what you have to give, to feed those lies. Note how Jerry Falwell Jr. and Liberty University no longer identify as fundamentalist, but as evangelical and note how this assertion is accepted, unquestioned, by other evangelicals. Finally, now, it's time for you to dance to your own song. Fundamental. Next time? If your reliably unreliable Comcast wifi cuts out, or if your screen-saver kicks in, the paywall will prevent you from finishing the article. But, I have a few, from the legendary Dr Bob of Longview: Thou shalt watch football on Monday night. You love passionately, deeply and inexorably. We took sweet fellowship together. For this reason IFB churches vigorously renounce the idea that IFB constitutes a denomination: each church, they hold, is a kingdom unto itself and obliged to cooperate with exactly no other church body, IFB or otherwise. But we need YOUR help to make this project successful! Its a philosophy its flawed, said Stacey Shiflett, an independent fundamental Baptist pastor in Dundalk, Maryland. According to the Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life, there are. I went with you to Fundamentalist and Fresh Oil conferences, Pastors' School, Missions, and Youth Conferences. Additionally, many independent Baptist fundamentalists practice "second-degree separatism," distancing themselves not only from "the world" but also from fellow Christians who do not share. Golden State Baptist College - Is a ministry of North Valley Baptist Church of Santa Clara, California. Autonomy of local churches: each church is independent. He speaks for God, and God alone may judge him. Thou shalt leave for camp on Monday morning and return on Saturday afternoon, as thou must be able to give a long, tearful testimony at the church service on Sunday morning (exhaustion is of the devil). Excerpt: Stories like that display a Roman Catholic problem, right? At least three other teen girls would accuse Hyles of sexual misconduct, but he never faced charges or even sat for a police interview related to the accusations. Black people bear the indelible and wretched curse of the "mark of Cain.". Another rule our Church had not on your list; women shall not cut their hair. The message is set. They insisted upon that ignoble facade despite the too-clear harm it was causing. Preacherboys should watch it in the college gym; anywhere else is worldly. They controlled the process except for the final approval. Every church we went to was full of fucking pedophiles and rapists. The submissiveness of women to their husbands can be found here which is not only present in churches, this is a cultural phenomenon which also impacts the faith. And when you cant question your leaders, weve seen it in politics, you know what happens. For their own dark reasons they kept that wicked dance going. The Lordship controversy and misrepresenting the Lordship preachers. He may not be able to sleep, but he can be trained to lie there quietly. Ug, stupid auto correct. The network of churches and schools has often covered up the crimes and helped relocate the offenders, an eight-month Star-Telegram investigation has found. For decades, women and children have faced rampant sexual abuse while worshiping at independent fundamental Baptist churches around the country. I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Roberson, a couple of times, when I was in College! He is his own man and refuses to be tied down or corralled by anything. #1. Shaking my head, wishing I had gotten out of that place sooo much sooner than we did, you know when I shouldve used my own brain and listened to my gut. . Learn More. The number of articles in the multi-part series exceeds the number of free articles non-subscribers are permitted to read each month. Thou shalt be baptized by full immersion in this particular denomination of church, preferably this specific church, otherwise it might have been a false baptism that didnt take. Prove that you are bigger, tougher, more patiently enduring and are unmoved by his wailing. You're the power. If fundies really understood this, it would probably scare the shit out of them. For one, they lack a unified presence since individual churches largely operate on their own. KJV was the only Bible in English, and that is the stand I intend to die on. Hundreds of Sex Abuse Allegations Found in Fundamentalist BaptistChurches, Fea wrote, following the Star-Telegrams report. The church I grew up in dwelt somewhere in that space. Brightseat Rd + Third St. $43,000 - $55,000 a year. I got a good laugh reading the list brought back some not so good memories from my time in a IFB church. Oh my. It surrenders far too much to allow that fundamental refers to the core doctrines of the Christian faith. The fundamentals of fundamentalists are mainly not that at all, but rather a host of relatively recent doctrinal innovations, such as inerrancy. Every Evangelical sect/church/pastor/evangelist/missionary/congregant has their own rules they think are Biblical. You just dont like this particular list of rules because they run counter to your Biblical list. All first-time comments are moderated. Thou shalt always obey the speed limit, EXCEPT when the Pastor says it is Gods will that thou shalt go 10-20 miles over the speed limit so as not to miss lunch at camp. He was a great man! KJV-onlyism is certainly not a core doctrine of the Christian faith for any Christian who doesnt speak English. Most of those victims dont live in Fort Worth. Then Hyles would yell from the pulpit that If the barn needed paintingand the men would hoopla with their Bibles waving in the air. There are other problems among fundamentalist Baptists as well as Homophobia : "I told her that I was raped and how violent it was and how I was terrified it would happen again. (Please note: if thou art truly right with God, the only acceptable team to pull for is Michigan State). So men cant have facial hair but women can? The basic beliefs of this group is Anti-LGBT, Misogyny, Anti-Worldliness, KJV Bible only, anti-semitism, and more. Get tough. I really want to write a book or start a podcast about all this shit at some point. I appreciate being asked to offer you guys a word of support, but you should be offering support to me and anyone else lucky enough to hear what you have to say. Jessop is a former member of the FLDS (fundamentalist, polygamist Mormons) and her story has a lot of parallels with Zichterman's. I haven't read this particular FLDS memoir .
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