Baptist churches in corpus christi texas

Hello Catholicism!
I am a Protestant who is interested in the differences between my Baptist Church and the Catholic Church.
I am having trouble understanding Vatican II.
Is there a resource I can read that explains the breakthroughs of the conference in easy to understand terms? And is there a few different issues from Vatican II that are particularly of note to study?
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Thank you,
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Asking 600 Great working condition, i dont have any sound cards. only esthetic flaw is it has a Texas church etched onto the top in small print

I have a lady in my training group for work where we typically end up in the same computer pod for our online courses. I got the sense that she might be lonely and perhaps didn't feel very included in our group. She's from a different country, and I think the cultural differences here may feel a little overwhelming to her, too.
Of course, when she asked, 'are you christian?' I said, 'no', but my silly self didn't leave it there. I am famously a bit of an oversharer when I'm nervous. I continued with 'not anymore', and explained a few of my reasons for leaving the church.
What it boiled down to (but only scratches the surface) was that I didn't feel like what the church taught was in my best interest or what I wanted for myself, nor did much of it seem true when I left and started living my life. I felt like it would put her at ease to share that I'd been in almost every denomination imaginable - which is true. I've been in southern baptist, catholic, anglican, lutheran, and blended churches, etc. The list goes on.
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She shared that believes in god, but that she didnt feel like many of the churches she had been to had really promoted love or acceptance (She even wrote a letter to one of her pastors about his attitude and hypocrisy towards some people outside the church, which made me chuckle. At least she values authenticity).
I shared that I thought that any spiritual experience, or lack thereof, is such an incredibly subjective experience and that it's not really for anyone else to decide what it should look like. Moreover, I suggested during our chat that hopefully we'll all find out the truth eventually and maybe we should be content to do our best along the way.
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She also shared an incredibly personal story with me about a near death experience and thinking that god came to her in the form of a doctor. Which does not convince me that god exists any more than when I first deconverted, but it felt respectful to listen. I think people experience all kinds of things in near-death experiences, and I believe that she believes those things happened, even if some of the people she interacted with weren't who she thought they were (aka, 'god').
I'm sure that the doctor who visited her was a regular doctor (possibly a traveling one) even if the nurses didn't know him and insisted that no one would spend that much time with her in the ER. I got the sense she hadn't been able to share this story (she herself said 'people might think I'm crazy, I don't think they would believe me') and the possible trauma of being clinically dead for upwards of a few minutes.
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She's a very sweet woman, but she still hit me with the 'you're like I was, you just spent time around the wrong group of people. You just need to give it another chance and find a good church because god exists'. She shared other details of her life with me on a more personal basis since we first met (she told me about her kids, her divorce over the past few years, possibly facing homelessness, feeling depressed, etc.) probably more than she should have shared with a technical stranger, but I'm glad that we connected and that I could be a listening ear, even if I rent out my attention to people way too much. But that 'you should come back to christianity' is physically painful for me to hear. I have an almost physical reaction to it. I wish I knew how to respectfully disengage from those conversations.

Hi,
I am from Houston, Texas. Well, I live just outside of Houston, but people who live near Houston usually say they are from Houston.
Anyway, I am 25 years old, and I was studying medicine overseas. I have permanently returned to the USA to continue my education. I work part time as an uber eats driver. This might be a relatively long post.
Hobbies/Interests: My hobbies are similar to most people, and we don't have to share the same hobbies or interests. - Movies and TV (Sci-fi, horror, and crime) - Exercising, especially running - Food (Thai, Mediterranean, and Indian) - Reading - Boardgames and videogames - Nature-y stuff. Walking outside. - Music (Instrumental, orchestral, and rap). I listen to songs from each genre. - Investing
I want to pickup more hobbies and interests. I would like to learn how to play the piano and violin. I want to learn a new language. I want to do outdoor activities such as hiking and maybe even camping. I have always wanted to learn video effects. It's great if you do one or multiple of these things, so I can learn or participate too. We can pickup a joint hobby too. However, I am a homebody.

• I have no physical requirements because I like people of all sizes and shapes. My tastes vary. However, I do want someone who is healthy. I would like someone who is understanding, open, and versatile among other things. I believe romance and intimacy are vital to a relationship, so I am drawn to physical affection. I love food, so that is one way to get to my heart.
  
• Physical Description: I am 5' 7" ~ ish. I have short black hair right now, but I am looking to grow it out again. My skin is light caramel, and I have dark brown eyes. My body is slim to average, but I would like to think I am fit. I enjoy running, and I like lifting too. I workout at home since I do not have a gym membership. I might sport some stubble, but I am usually clean shaven. My clothing style is atrocious. I usually wear shorts and a shirt. I need to improve my clothing game.
  
• Religion & Politics: I like to call myself a non-resistant nonbeliever, which is similar to agnosticism. I attended a Christian church when I was younger, and my undergraduate school was Catholic. My parents practice Hinduism, so I have some exposure to religion. I am open to anyone regardless of religious affiliation, and I would definitely like to learn. The same applies to politics. I think it is important to be challenged and to grow as a result. It's hard to pinpoint my political stance, but it is neither conservative nor democratic. My political ideology is always evolving.
  
• Matrimony & Kids: I envision a meaningful connection that is built on the premise of transcending the confines of societal expectations of matrimony and children, for I firmly believe that true love and commitment cannot be reduced to a legal contract or the obligation of raising offspring. I do not see myself in matrimony. While some people might find it strange, I believe that a strong and meaningful relationship doesn't require a matrimony certificate. However, I would throw that out the window if the right person asked me for mstrimony. Only Siths deal in absolutes. I prefer to focus on building a connection with someone without the added pressure and expectations of matrimony. I also do not want kids. I value my time and would rather use it to focus on my partner. If anything, I'd consider adoption, but I'm leaning towards no kids. This subreddit does not allow me to use the word m a r r i a g e in my posts. Cmon.
  
• Please message me via DM or PM. No ghosters please as if that will deter them. I'd like to talk regularly to build a connection. I cannot tell you how frustrating it is to be ghosted or receive messages from people who only send me one word replies. Please do not ask me to send you money. At least 50% of the replies I receive ask me for money. Like seriously. I might have mentioned too much in this post. You don't have to read everything, and I don't mind repeating myself. I am willing to send a picture to verify. If you have any advice on improving my post, then let me know. Peace out.
  

Hi there Reformed Community,
I have been seeking wisdom from God for a long time about a current situation I am in and He has helped a lot, but I would like to get your input about things to maybe help ease my mind and conscience.
The church I go to is a reformed church, though they don’t outwardly call themselves this, and they believe the doctrines of grace. I have become a member at this church through much prayer and I have an amazing group of friends there that God has blessed me with. I have just graduated college. God saved me and called me to himself out of a career of filmmaking and I am about to go into ministry full time, starting with a two year residency program offered by the church that will get me theological training and opportunities for evangelism and discipleship through college ministry. This residency will also get me a master’s degree from southeastern baptist seminary. I am already almost support raised for it.
There are many pros with this church being that on paper they have a correct gospel and effective discipleship and evangelism and are very loving and welcoming while also committed to church discipline. They elevate scripture as the supreme authority for faith and practice. The leadership is very humble and willing to change on non-essentials if it is scriptural. They are not afraid to tackle cultural issues that are waging war against God’s word.
However, there are some things that make me unsure about staying at this church. And If I decide to leave, the stakes are high in that all my support I have raised will have to be refunded, I will have to find an alternative church, I don’t have an immediate opportunity to follow God’s call for me into full time ministry. I would also lose my deep ties relationally with people I know there. I will list the issues below. I would appreciate it if you could tell me if these are good reasons to leave a church in my current circumstance.

• Many sermons are more focused on how we practically live out God’s Word, rather than beholding the character and attributes of God. We talk a lot about what he has done for man, but not AS much about His very own character and self and sometimes I feel like I’m missing the worshipful heart because of unbalanced emphasis. God has given me such a conviction about His glory and character, and my church believes all those things are right and true, but a lot of times they aren’t as focused on.
• Sometimes jokes are told from the pulpit that seem slightly irreverent or inappropriate.
• The elders preach on man’s sin and total depravity, but a lot of times in ways that makes us seem like victims more than perpetrators. They say we are dead in sin and blind and lost, but they don’t clarify often that its our fault that we are lost without Christ. We aren’t victims of God’s plan. We are the active perpetrators of sin.
• The lead pastor makes it an aim to preach the gospel in every sermon, but many times its not the full presentation. For example, a sermon will mention Jesus’s substitution and death for us, but not explain that it was the wrath of God that was poured out on Christ, or they will preach man’s sin and Jesus’s death in a sermon, but not include the resurrection (though the resurrection will be preached in other sermons), or they will preach that we need to repent and believe, but not clarify what we believe in. A lot of fragmented gospel presentations. We don’t talk a lot about hell and that we deserve it. However he does speak about the wrath of God, but just not the eternal hell specifically except for a couple times in the past six months.
• The lead pastor almost always preaches consistent with the word, but he doesn’t remain in the text for the majority of the sermon. He will read one sentence and then talk about it for twenty minutes and include a bunch of other knowledge and illustrations that don’t necessarily arise out of the text, but are consistent with the text. I wonder how much a preacher should say that’s not directly in the text and he says a lot that isn’t. But what he does say is good and Godly and wise. Sometimes they are slogans that seem wise and Godly but can’t be shown in scripture necessarily.
• Sometimes, though rare, they preach erroneous sentiments such as “man was worth it to God” and “Jesus didn’t die for junk” “the cross shows how much God wanted us”
• Loose doctrinal statements : “the gospel is the church’s foundation” (well the bible says Christ is the foundation)— or “we exist to disciple people” (well I would say we exist to glorify God) — but maybe I’m being too picky.
• Women leading small groups of men and women, though not in any authoritative way -- but this church doesn't believe in women pastors so thats good -- smaller issue, but just something that slightly lifts my antennas
• Play some hillsong and maverick city music songs in worship that are theologically fine but a little bit man focused

I have all these great opportunities before me and it would be a shame to lose them so I want to be careful about leaving the church. Are these reasons to leave the church? If I am being legalistic and overthinking, please tell me. My fear is to remain at a church and the Lord Jesus be displeased with me. Does Jesus want me to be a member of a church that I disagree with on the things stated above? Is He unhappy with me for staying even though I have doubts? Does this dishonor Romans 14 and not disobeying the conscience? Doesn't it dishonor 1 Corinthians 1 where it says the church should have the same mind and agree in everything? I need help with these things. I just really want to please God.
Extra NOTE: One time I voiced some concerns to the lead pastor and in the next sermon, he altered things to make it better. And praying each week, sermons have been specifically about the things I struggle with and it has seemed like God has been trying to comfort me. And I have almost raised a promised 70,000 dollars in just 4 months. Could this be proof that God wants me to stay? But then again if the whole world says one thing, but the Word says otherwise, I shouldn't do it.
Your advice will be so appreciated.

Some timeline Highlights:
September 1827 - Receives Gold Plates.
December 1827 - Moves to Harmony, begins translation of Gold Plates using rock in the hat.
April - June 1828 - Martin Harris helps as scribe.
June 1828 - 116 pages are lost.
July 1828 - Receives D&C Revelation section 3. Section 3
(Receives at least 15 revelation before receiving Melchizedek Priesthood). D&C Chronology
September 1828 - Starts to translate again.
April 5, 1829 - Oliver Cowdery arrived to help translate.
May 15, 1829 - Aaronic Priesthood given by John the Baptist.
Note: by May 15th Smith and Cowdery had translated Mosiah, Alma, Helaman and most of 3rd Nephi. Interestingly it was during this time that Smith translated the portion of the Book of Mormon where Alma is filled with the spirit and starts baptizing, without ever having the laying on of hands. Alma 18
June 1829 - Melchizedek Priesthood restored by Peter, James and John
Summary: In a church that is so very strict about having the authority and keys to perform duties, it is clear that Joseph didn't believe that at the time.
How does the church explain how Joseph Smith was able to receive multiple revelations and translate the majority of the Book of Mormon before receiving the Aaronic or Melchizedek Priesthoods in May / June of 1829?

Father,
I have noticed in my various visits to Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches that they all universally show a much more pronounced devotion to our Lord's cousin, Saint John the Baptist (or Forerunner). In these places, our Lord is *always* flanked in iconography in the iconostasis by his Mother to the left and his holy cousin to the right. The Eastern Church maintains many important feast days not only in dedication to the life of the Baptist, but also at least three I know of to the finding of his head! The Feast of the Nativity of John the Forerunner is considered a major feast with an all-night vigil preceding it. The Feast of his Beheading is observed in the East with strict fasting. Many Orthodox churches are dedicated to him.
In my home parish, a university Catholic chaplaincy, and a major city cathedral, I know all three Roman Catholic churches have no depictions of John the Baptist whatsoever. Few pay much attention his feast days and I seldom encounter his prayer cards.
My question is: why do Western Catholics comparatively deemphasize John the Baptist? Why is he so central and principally revered in the East? Have Roman Catholics failed to properly show honor to the Lord's prophetic cousin?

One of the biggest contributors to my deconstruction was the 10 years I spent growing up in the Latino Southern Baptist Church. So much repression, purity culture and banning any music that didn’t have “Jesus” in it. After leaving that church culture, I went into a 4-year crisis of faith where I went full atheist.
Anyone else have any Iglesia Bautista stories?

Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.

Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.

Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.

Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.

Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.

Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.

Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.

Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.

Christian organizations are calling on pastors across the country to stand up against the rise of Christian nationalism during their church services next weekend.
"Toxic Christian nationalism is the single biggest threat to both democracy and the church, and we pastors have a moral obligation to loudly oppose it as a dangerous hijacking of our faith," Reverend Nathan Empsall , Director of ‘Faithful America’ preached. "Unless we as Christians challenge this dangerous political ideology, its leaders will continue to twist our faith as they try to justify an agenda that is in actuality the antithesis of what Jesus taught: To love our neighbor and to care for the least among us.”
As reported in LGBQTNation, The "Preach and Pray to Confront Christian Nationalism" initiative is the latest event sponsored by Faithful America, an online community of progressive Christians that aim to combat the use of their faith being "hijacked" by the political right. The group recently protested a high-profile conservative speaker event in Miami, Florida, and has taken a public stand against several Republican politicians, including Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously defended Christian nationalism, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
DeSantis’ own religious counselor, Tom Ascoll, of Grace Baptist Church, has preached the depravity of Leviticus by calling for the murder of gays.
(In that the Southern Baptist Convention has not condemned he and his words; one can only speculate they are in accord.)
White nationalism has been embraced by American fascists to appeal to the least among us. Street trash talking so-called pastors, hate-filled dullards so low on the social totem pole of polite society they will grasp at any message that makes them feel better about being the failures they’ve become, pandering politicians who are able stir up hatred among the loners and losers because of the prejudice and ignorance of the streets and back alleys, and hypocritical evangelicals who profess to love Jesus, but do the work of the devil, are all looking for validation of their hatred, and under the guise of patriotism spew their venom -- mostly for personal gain.
It been said, when tyranny comes it will be marching behind a cross.
Faithful America's newest initiative is aimed at taking a stand within the church, calling on pastors to "warn against effort to conflate Christian and American identities" while leading service on June 11.
What will your Priest, Pastor, or Reverend, have to say about the subject? Will the message be one of tolerance and love, or the gleeful acceptance of the sins of heresy and denial of true Christian belief?
While contemplating this, consider exactly which message you want to hear.