Source: Global Faith Forum
Link: http://globalfaithforum.com/bob-roberts-jr/
Bob Roberts Jr. is the founding pastor of NorthWood Church in Keller, Texas. Known around the world as an evangelical pastor who loves people from every faith, he has pioneered relationships with those that are usually shunned by Christians.

Path to Multi-Faith

Overcoming his own fears about Muslims, he has developed a great respect for those who hold strong beliefs in differing faiths.
As other opportunities have presented themselves, Bob has tirelessly worked to purposely draw together coalitions of leaders who would not ordinarily work together. And he’s brought that philosophy home to Texas.

He, along with Rabbi Schneider and Imam Zia, put together DFW’s first Multi-Faith weekend. Celebrating each distinct faith, members from the church, mosque and temple visited each location to observe each others traditions cultivating a strong common respect.
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Christian Pastors are called to preach Jesus Christ and Him crucified. (1 Cor. 2:2)

Spellman Is Given Medal By Interfaith Movement / Source: The New York Times
Archives - JUNE 12, 1964

Cardinal Spellman received the Gold Medal of the Inter faith Movement yesterday for his efforts in seeking “goodwill, equality and mutual respect” among the peoples of the world.

After the short ceremony, the prelate turned to the donors and pronounced with a smile the traditional Hebrew salute “shalom,” or “peace.”

The award was presented to the Cardinal in his residence at 452 Madison Avenue by Joseph J. Schwartz, the chairman of Interfaith Day (Oct. 4), and Dr. Herman P. Mantell, the president of the Interfaith Movement.

The organization seeks to develop mutual respect among persons of different religions.
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A sampling of “Christian” denominations / associations listed an Interfaith partners by the Islamic Society of North America
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The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) works with numerous religious, faith-based, and interfaith organizations for interfaith dialogue and advocacy on a range of public policy issues. For a sampling of these organizations, please see below.

ISNA’S INTERFAITH PARTNERS

CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a Protestant Christian denomination in the US and Canada. The denomination was born in the 1800s, and continues to be influenced by its founding ideals of unity in Christ with openness and diversity in practice and belief. It is a member of the Shoulder-to-Shoulder campaign.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian denomination with nearly 2 million members in the United States. The Episcopal Church is a member of the Shoulder-to-Shoulder campaign.

http://www.isna.net/interfaith-partners/

A sampling of “Christian” denominations / associations listed an Interfaith partners by the Islamic Society of North America

CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination of about 125,000 members in more than 1,000 congregations in the United States and Puerto Rico; about 150,000 in the fast-growing Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (Church of the Brethren in Nigeria); and hundreds more in India, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. The Church of the Brethren is a peace church and an active member of the Shoulder-to-Shoulder campaign.

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
Founded in 1946, Church World Service (CWS) is the relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry of 35 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations in the United States. Working in partnership with indigenous organizations in more than 80 countries, CWS works worldwide to meet human needs and foster self-reliance for all whose way is hard. ISNA works with Church World Service on issues of global poverty issues.

http://www.isna.net/interfaith-partners/

ISNA’S INTERFAITH PARTNERS

AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES USA
American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is one of several major Baptist organizations in the United States and includes about 5,800 congregations and 1.5 million members. ISNA worked with ABCUSA and other Baptist groups to develop national and regionalBaptist-Muslim dialogues. ABCUSA is also a member of theShoulder-to-Shoulder campaign.

COOPERATIVE BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) is a fellowship of Baptist Christians and approximately 1,800 affiliated Baptist churches. ISNA worked with CBF and other Baptist groups to develop national and regional Baptist-Muslim dialogues. CBF is also a member of the Shoulder-to-Shoulder campaign.

*Read more here: http://www.isna.net/interfaith-partners/

The pope and the grand imam of al-Azhar have signed a historic declaration of fraternity, calling for peace between nations, religions and races, in front of a global audience of religious leaders from Christianity, Islam, Judaism and other faiths.

Pope Francis, the leader of the world’s Catholics, and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head of Sunni Islam’s most prestigious seat of learning, arrived at the ceremony in Abu Dhabi hand-in-hand in a symbol of interfaith brotherhood.

The document pledges that al-Azhar and the Vatican will work together to fight extremism. Claiming to be in the name of “all victims of wars, persecution and injustice”, it warns against a “third world war being fought piecemeal”.

God's Word . . the comfort of His people - Rom. 15:4

The Lord's people are but "strangers and pilgrims on the earth"
- - Hebrews 11:13

John 15:18-19
"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you."

John 16:33
"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

1 John 5:4
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."

What a comfort to know that the Lord Jesus Christ prays for his people who are "not of the world"

John 17:9-10
"I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them."

John 17:14-17
"I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."

In Christ,

June A. Nadolny . . one of his people . .
a Christian . .
“But by the grace of God I am what I am:. . “
- - 1 Corinthians 15:10

1 Peter 2:10
"Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."

Website: The Wild Voice

https://thewildvoice.org/thewildvoiceblog/

VIDEO: ROME 666 – Part II
by The WILDVOICE • September 22, 2018

Excerpt:
Freemasonry, a One World Religion within a New World Order and the Vatican State can all be found in the Eternal City of Rome. Satan's counterfeits thrive in the city of the seven hills. The occult importance of dates, numbers, and symbols are visible for any with eyes to see in the city at the center of all that is soon to come, Rome.

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Warning: This is a Catholic Website . .

Excerpt:
It contains the following passage:

'Freedom is a right of every person: each individual enjoys the freedom of belief, thought, expression and action. The pluralism and the diversity of religions, colour, sex, race and language are willed by God in His wisdom, through which He created human beings. This divine wisdom is the source from which the right to freedom of belief and the freedom to be different derives.'

Taken in its normal meaning, the statement that the pluralism and diversity of religions is willed by God in his wisdom is directly contrary to the Catholic faith. The pluralism and diversity of religions is an evil, and as such cannot be willed by God. These religions contradict each other on doctrinal and moral issues. It must therefore be the case that at least some of these religions are in error where they disagree; and it is a grave evil to hold false dogmatic and moral beliefs.

Scroll down to read more: https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2019/

Excerpt:
The apostate Jesuit Jorge Bergoglio — more commonly known by his stage name “Pope Francis” — caused a ruckus last week when he co-signed a document on “human fraternity” with Sunni Muslim Imam Ahamad Al-Tayyib declaring that God wills there to be a plurality and diversity of religions. We covered this in our post “Apostasy in Abu Dhabi: Francis says God wills Diversity of Religions”.

Read MORE here: https://novusordowatch.org/wire/

In more recent times, we've been accustomed to reading reports of the scandalous and widespread clergy abuse crimes committed by RC priests and the systematic cover up of them by the RC hierarchy.
Yet the level of rampant unchecked abuse in the SBC . . a Baptist / Christian denominiation as exposed by the Houston Chronicle is no less scandalous, perhaps even more so, as most regard the SBC as a Christian organization.

I wonder how many posting at SA are aware that the SBC has ecumenical ties to anti-Christian papal Rome.
Most notably are the SBC ties to the late Billy Graham, an Ecumenist, who did much to further the cause of Rome. This is well-documented.
“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” Amos 3:3

A babe in Christ with little discernment would concede that Leslie Mason is a “wolf in sheep's clothing.” and would also discern that Michael Leathers has done the right thing in exposing him.

Yet that's not how the SBC rulers saw it . .

Quote:
“Leathers resigned after state Baptist convention leaders told him he might be fired and lose his severance pay “

That's right . . Mr. Michael Leathers, who was then editor of the state's Baptist newspaper was forced to resign.

While the abuser/offender, Leslie Mason continues to hold a pastoral position in the SBC?

Again quoting from the Article at the Houston Chronicle:

“Mason received a seven-year prison sentence under a plea deal in which investigators dropped all but two of his charges. After his release, he returned to the pulpit of a different SBC church a few miles away.

"In Illinois, Leslie Mason returned to the pulpit a few years after he was convicted in 2003 on two counts of criminal sexual assault. Mason had been a rising star in local Southern Baptist circles until the charges were publicized by Michael Leathers, who was then editor of the state's Baptist newspaper.

Letters from angry readers poured in. Among those upset by Leathers' decision to publish the story was Glenn Akins, the interim executive director of the Illinois Baptist State Association.

"To have singled Les out in such a sensationalistic manner ignores many others who have done the same thing," Akins wrote in a memo, a copy of which Leathers provided. "You could have asked nearly any staff member and gotten the names of several other prominent churches where the same sort of sexual misconduct has occurred recently in our state."

Akins, now the assistant executive director of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, declined an interview request.

https://projects.houstonchronicle.com/2019/southern-baptist-abuse/

Article: ABUSE OF FAITH: A CHRONICLE INVESTIGATION

“Search our database of Southern Baptist church pastors, leaders, employees and volunteers who pleaded guilty or were convicted of sex crimes.
The Southern Baptist Convention has declined to keep a list of key church officials and volunteers convicted of sex abuse crimes. The Houston Chronicle compiled this list of records and information; it is current as of December 2018.”

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Excerpt from the SA Article: '20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads' - Feb. 12, 2019

"The SBC governing documents ban gay or female pastors, but they do not outlaw convicted sex offenders from working in churches."

Most here would agree that Catholicism is not Christian.

That being said . .
This article is about abuse by religious rulers in the Baptist church . . a Christian denomination . .
and
those who have the spiritual rule in Christian churchs are held to a higher standard . . or should be anyway . . namely God's Word.

The fault lies with the religious rulers in the church.
The SBC governing documents ban gay or female pastors, but they do not outlaw convicted sex offenders from working in churches.

How does this differ from what goes on in the heretical Roman Catholic church?

SA Article: Pope: Nuns sexually abused, forced abortions / WEDNESDAY, FEB 6, 2019 / Source: WND

From the article:
The abuse of nuns by members of the church clergy came to light this month with the publication of “Women Church World.”
Francis confirmed what long was known by the Vatican but never discussed.
He blamed abuse on the power held by priests and others.

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Neil wrote:
Anecdotally, we've heard of this in past churches several times, and in one we don't attend - some yrs. ago, local news reported a youth-group leader at E. Tucson Baptist church ago busted for this. BTW, after this hit the news, they stopped putting cute slogans on their marquee - for awhile.
Never assume church personnel are too nice to be perverts, and be wary of folks who claim to like kids, for perverts are good actors and know that Christians are taught to think the best of everyone.
And Americans are too easily impressed by a Colgate Smile, despite
"A glower says [more] than a smile." - The Wee Book of Calvin