“We agree that the Gospel is foremost; however, secondary matters, like baptism, bind us together as a movement. In fact, many would see complementarianism as more important than baptism, being a creation ordinance. It is good to appreciate our theological history and church autonomy; however, our theology is not just a historical reference point but...
Month: October 2025
Will you support those threatened with suspension?
Why should Fellowship Baptist churches vote for the upcoming motion to elevate the 1997 position statement to a policy statement? Hear from Pastors in FEB Pacific about the region’s egalitarian practices and the threat of suspension if they continue advocating for complementarian policies nationally. Rosedale Baptist hosts the Zoom call.
FEB Prairies Communication about the ’97 Motion
“As mentioned in Fellowship Pacific’s October 16, 2025 letter, Fellowship Prairies defeated the following motion at our Regional Convention in May of 2025, “Be it therefore resolved, in accordance with 1 Timothy 2:12, Fellowship Prairies will only recognize churches in which their elders (or pastors or leaders) who preach to or otherwise have authority over...
FEB Pacific Claims that EVERYONE knew. IS THIS TRUE?
Did you know? Did the other FEB churches in your region know? What’s Really happening in our National Fellowship? 🤔 A Fellowship Pacific Board member recently spoke against complementarianism, revealing some surprising claims about church leadership and gender roles. One of the arguments made in Fellowship Pacific is that everyone knows they are egalitarian, and...
Understanding 1 Timothy 2-3: A Universal Complementarian Church Manual for the Great Commission
In this video, Josh Claycamp very briefly examines 1 Timothy 2-3 and demonstrates why this passage remains a universally binding church manual rather than merely a set of first-century instructions that can be dismissed for our current day. Josh challenges the common interpretation that these chapters only applied to Timothy’s specific situation in the first...
Limitless Church Autonomy OR Convictional Unity?
How should Baptist churches balance autonomy and unity for maximum Gospel impact? Autonomous governance remains foundational to our identity – each congregation free to discern God’s will without earthly hierarchy. Yet the New Testament shows autonomous churches voluntarily partnering in mission. Our autonomy reaches its highest purpose when we freely choose cooperation over isolation. But...
Tim Stephen’s CBMW Article on the Fellowship
“One of the questions I have is this: Will the Fellowship follow the Christian & Missionary Alliance, which now ordains women pastors? Will steps toward a “soft egalitarianism” be tolerated by the national convention? It must be remembered that typically practice changes before policy. That is, one church then a growing number of churches adopt...
Derek Devries Open Letter to FEB Pacific Over NWCC Suspension
“This letter is a sincere good faith effort to engage these consequential conversations. The offer presented within it is sincere; please take up this request to provide evidence that NWCC is worthy of the public condemnation that you have disseminated against them. New West Community Church is a sister church, and it is my desire...
Joshua Claycamp to National Churches on ’97 Motion
“Fellowship Pacific stipulated three conditions for “joyful fellowship” with the region that were not given at the IMPACT convention by the constituency of our Region but prescribed by the board afterwards. The board’s conditions were: Our churches were never to be critical of female preachers who preached to men. While we were allowed by leadership...
Dave Nannery, Avoidant Culture in FEB Pacific
“Out of this 14-year involvement in Fellowship Pacific, I offer this concern: our current crisis is downstream from a deeper cultural problem. Only recently have I been able to put my uneasiness about this into words: I believe our present crisis has developed because of a conflict-avoidant approach to discussing genuine and significant divisions among...