Is Lifeway Bookstores owned by SBC

Is Lifeway Bookstores owned by SBC #38735 Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:23 PM
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,904 Likes: 1 Mississippi Gulf Coast John_C OP Permanent Resident
OP John_C Permanent Resident Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 1,904 Likes: 1 Mississippi Gulf Coast	If so, I wonder why they display TD Jakes books so prominently in the bookstores. Its kinda ironic that they will sell books by nonTrinitarians but a person would have to look long to find something Reformed. It must give a clue toward a segment of their clientele. Reformed material must have much of a market - which is sad. John Chaney "having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith . . ." Colossians 2:7

Re: Is Lifeway Bookstores owned by SBC John_C #38736 Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:48 AM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 39 Nashville, Tennessee Gileskirk Newbie
Gileskirk Newbie Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 39 Nashville, Tennessee	Hey John- I know, I know, long time no post... LifeWay is actually what was once know as the Suday School Board. It is absolutely an entity of the SBC, however it receives no direct funding from the Cooperative Fund. It encompasses a wide array beyond just the stores, as it has it's own in-house publishing house, various church consulting folks, etc. As far as the stores, they are but a single area and don't necessarily exist to support the denomination. They have some autonomy to be entrepreneurial, but in my mind no way excuses the material they push. The state of the material in stores provides another commentary on the state of the denomination- giving no mind to the great heritage of Biblical reliance and the true Gospel; rather compromise the essentials and proper theology to make for a safe environment where the seats are full.

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