Women pastors, immigration enforcement, antisemitism: 5 proposed SBC resolutions to watch
3. Antisemitism
The resolution “On Antisemitism” states that “antisemitism has surged across the United States and the world” since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
“This rising hatred includes conspiracy theories perpetuated online and through social media, falsely accusing the Jewish people as a whole of controlling media, finance, politics, weather, and culture for sinister ends that are modern echoes of historic libels that have incited persecution for centuries,” the resolution states.
“Such conspiracy theories and condemnations of the Jewish people are contrary to the truth and the clear teaching of Scripture regarding human dignity.”
The resolution calls on Southern Baptists to “unequivocally condemn this new surge of antisemitism in all its forms, including violence, cultural hatred, and conspiracy theories of Jewish controlled cabals, as sinful, unchristian, and an assault on both biblical truth and basic human dignity.”
“[W]e call upon Southern Baptists to combat antisemitism in our churches and communities through biblical teaching, personal friendship with Jewish neighbors, courageous public witness, and prayer for the peace of Jerusalem and the salvation of Israel,” it adds.
