Texas pastor calls social justice 'anti-biblical' and 'Marxist ideology'

A Texas Southern Baptist pastor is calling on fellow church leaders to reject social justice in all its forms.

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A Texas Southern Baptist pastor is calling on fellow church leaders to reject social justice in all its forms.

"Social justice, by definition, is based on the anti-biblical and destructive concepts of Marxist ideology," wrote Grady Arnold, a pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Cuero, Texas.

Arnold's writings were featured in SBCToday, a Southern Baptist news and opinion blog, and submitted to the Resolutions Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, an annual meeting where church leaders debate and vote on denomination opinions.

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"Social justice and Christian ethics are clearly antithetical to each other in the areas of tolerance, sexuality, gender, human life beginning at conception, and in general the role of a believer and the purpose for good works being to glorify God," Arnold wrote.

A fellow Southern Baptist pastor told the Star-Telegram that Arnold's work was "the most divisive resolution ever proposed in the 40 years."

SBCToday included a publisher's note reminding readers that "SBC Today does not necessarily endorse all that is written on this blog."

Fernando Ramirez is a reporter for Chron.com and the Houston Chronicle. You can follow him on Twitter at @fernramirez93.