By Lonnie Wilkey
Editor, Baptist and Reflector
lwilkey@tnbaptist.org
DYER — Gibson County Baptist pastor Bryan Morris is spearheading an effort to begin a Tennessee chapter of the Conservative Baptist Network (CBN).
Plans for the CBN were announced in February of 2020. According to a news release from the organization, CBN “is the product of a grassroots movement that developed organically in the hearts and minds of devoted Southern Baptists who have become concerned about the current direction and perceived future of the convention.”
The news release also noted that a number of Southern Baptists “are concerned about the apparent emphasis on social justice, Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality and the redefining of biblical gender roles.”
The CBN is a network of pastors and others who want to see a return to the belief “that the gospel is enough,” said Morris, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Dyer.
“Nothing has to be added to the gospel or taken from it,” he added.
“We want to promote that the gospel is sufficient and that it is enough.” [Read more…]