One of the doctrines that is a distinctive of the new IFB movement is what they refer to as “the reprobate doctrine.” The doctrine starts out with the statement that there are some people who are so far gone that they will not get saved. Anderson’s error is not here – it is obvious that […]
UPDATE: In January of 2019, as a result of Jonathan Shelley being installed as pastor over the congregation he had been leading (Steadfast Baptist Jacksonville), without their input, Fannin raised an alarm and was kicked out of the church by Shelley. Fannin has since started a split-off church with many of the former members of […]
Steven Anderson preaches that not only cannot unsaved people lead people to Christ, which is not taught in the scripture, but Anderson claims is taught there by making many dubious inferences. In the video of his message this past Sunday, he states the following heretical views: “If you are not saved you won’t get anyone […]
Anderson misapplies the scripture that teaches how a man should leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife to preach against Bible colleges. See the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvsA67Ye_F4
Edit June 2018: Doka is trying to rebrand to escape his flat-earth past. He renamed his church to “Pillar of Truth Christian Church” and deleted all the controversial videos on his channel. As of now, his flat earth sermon can still be found here: Link Since the previous post on this topic, Tyler Doka has continued […]
At Verity Baptist Church, Matthew Stucky preached the video shown below, which was titled on Verity’s channel “Unbelievers Can’t win Souls to the Lord (Garrett Kirchway, Judas, False Prophets)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkGpE8shonw In the video, he mentions this video, which shows how Garrett Kirchway went and led a woman in a repeat-after-me prayer, and later on others […]
On the 12th Anniversary of Faithful Word Baptist Church on December 24, 2017, Pastor Steven Anderson preached a message where he gave the statistics of how many people their church members have claimed to lead to Christ. On May 27, 2018, Garrett Kirchway was kicked out of Faithful Word Baptist Church, as was Domonique Davis. The […]
Bruce Mejia produced this documentary, which contains other New IFB preachers teaching false anti-vaccine theology, and promoting debunked conspiratorial arguments. At several points throughout the documentary, Mejia has plagiarized parts from the Bible Project’s video on Leviticus. This plagiarism can be seen at 12:43 or 33:50, among other places. Numerous other parts of the documentary […]
Donnie Romero of Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort Worth, TX had this man, “Brother Jesse”, preach. Jesse preaches “A child of God has no business being in the military… it’s a sin” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiPDZY6GoYY
In his book “Enemies of Soul Winning”, Jack Hyles attacks hyper-dispensationalism, teaching that salvation was different in different dispensations. Nearly all Independent Baptists also do not accept hyper-dispensationalism. He does not distance himself from dispensationalism, however: In Hyles book, “how to rear children”, he refuses the New IFB belief of enforcing Old Testament commands with […]