Posts under ‘Henderson Hills’

Pastor Dennis Newkirk confirms on his blog that the elder council will not ask the church to vote on the bylaw change they had proposed. It is not clear whether this is a postponement or a cancellation, but in either case, the bylaws of Henderson Hills Baptist Church still require that members be scripturally baptized, [...]

In it’s services this weekend, the members of Henderson Hills Baptist Church will vote on approving the recommendation of their elder council to remove the requirement of baptism for church membership. Here is the portion of the bylaw they propose to change (PDF), with the change noted:
Membership will be granted to anyone who offers a [...]

Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, has written eloquently on the subject of baptism and its relationship to church membership on his new blog dedicated to SBC issues, Conventional Thinking.
His post that deals with this topic stems from a proposal by the elders of Bethlehem Baptist [...]

What follows is the text of a resolution adopted on Monday, July 17, 2006 by the Executive Board of the Capital Baptist Assocation, of which Henderson Hills Baptist Church is a member (HT: Rich Dunbar). While there potentially over 300 members of this board, there were 50-60 in attendance. This resolution was unanimously adopted:

Resolution Affirming [...]

I suggested in an earlier post that the Baptist Messenger, the state Baptist weekly here in Oklahoma, was preparing to weigh in rather heavily on the issue of baptism and church membership in light of the proposed action of Henderson Hills Baptist Church, host of last year’s annual meeting of the BGCO.
I may have understated [...]

There have been many words written recently, on this blog and others, about the meaning of baptism, and its relationship to church membership. Paul Littleton has written a very thoughtful post on this subject, and has taken issue with some of the things I have written. Pastor Dennis Newkirk of Henderson Hills Baptist Church has [...]

It seems the Baptist Messenger, Oklahoma’s state baptist newspaper, will be weighing in heavily in the coming weeks concerning the Henderson Hills situation.
The director of missions in my association, Otis Cayton, was contacted by the Messenger’s executive editor, Ray Sanders, and asked to submit a piece on membership and baptism.
I also got an email today [...]

Chuck Newkirk, an elder and one of the Teaching Pastors at Henderson Hills Baptist Church, has weighed in with a lengthy comment on the previous post. I’m grateful for his willingness to engage in this discussion, and since his comment came so far down in the string of comments, I am reposting it here with [...]

There has been a lot of discussion in recent months about baptism. We have discussed its mode (dunking), its meaning (obedience), its proper administrator (me), the correct water temperature (58◦ F), and how long the one being baptized should be held under (until there are no more bubbles). Okay, so I made some of that [...]