There’s a one year old Baptist Church in the US with a membership of fifteen that has received world-wide publicity for an outreach activity they are planning.
I wanted to link to their website, but it has either crashed due to too much traffic or been suspended. Initially I saw this as video on the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper website.
Here’s the text of an article from the UK Telegraph website. I’m reproducing it for the content, but also so you can read how it is being presented by main-steam media.
“Marc Grizzard, of Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, North Carolina, says that the first King James translation of the Bible is the only true declaration of God’s word, and that all others are “satanic”.
Pastor Grizzard and 14 other members of the church plan to burn copies of the other “perversions” of Scripture on Halloween, 31 October.
The New Revised Version Bible, the American Standard Version Bible, and even the New King James Version are all pronounced to be works of the Devil by Pastor Grizzard and his followers.
Pastor Grizzard said: “I believe the King James version is God’s preserved, inspired, inerrant, infallible word of God… for English-speaking people.
“We are burning books that we believe to be Satanic.”
As well as inappropriate translations from the original Hebrew and Aramaic, the pastor and his associates will be burning books by various Christian authors, as well as music of every genre.
“[We will be burning] books by a lot of different authors who we consider heretics, such as Billy Graham, Rick Warren… the list goes on and on,” Pastor Grizzard told reporters.
Mother Teresa is also on the list of Satanic authors. The full list is available at the Amazing Grace Baptist Church’s website.
Not all Canton residents are thrilled with the bonfire of the profanities. Judy Kirby, a local, said: “I think some of the newer versions make it easier for people to understand.”
The book-burning is hoped to be a social event, with a barbecue laid on for attendees. It is not clear whether the meat will be grilled over the heat of burning Gospels.”
I visited the church’s website a few days ago while it was still functional. Apparently they will be serving both fried and bbq chicken, along with salads. While it is a creative outreach, as I typed in the title line, I don’t think we’ll be following suit.
Again, to demonstrate the spread of this story, here’s a video report from Associated Press.
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