“It’s the version that causes people to resist the Christian faith because they can’t find Jesus in the midst of all the other stuff and all the other theology and all the other complexity that gets globbed on to the message.” “His version, this version of biblical Christianity, is why people are leaving Christianity unnecessarily,” he added. Stanley deflected the criticism by saying Mohler’s “version of biblical Christianity is the problem.” Stanley then defended criticism he received last month from Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, who described the message of the Unconditional Conference as “a departure from historic normative biblical Christianity.” “So I feel like I need to respond out there to some of the criticism, but before I respond out there, I wanted you to hear it from me first, and that’s why we chose not to stream the message online.” “I’ve made it a habit to never say anything out there that I haven't said in here first,” he said. The 65-year-old Stanley began the message by explaining why the church opted not to stream the sermon as usual. In an audio recording of the sermon leaked to social media, Stanley addressed a number of topics, including the controversy surrounding the Unconditional Conference and the church’s theological stance on marriage. Stanley, whose North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, hosted the Unconditional Conference last week, spoke candidly to his congregation in a message Sunday that, unlike the rest of the church’s sermons, was not live-streamed on North Point’s digital platforms. | YouTube/North PointĪndy Stanley is finally sharing his thoughts about criticism over his involvement in a recent conference for Christian parents of what the megachurch pastor repeatedly referred to as “gay kids.” Pastor Andy Stanley of North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia.
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