E. Glenn Hinson on Henlee Barnette

E. Glenn Hinson reviews Henlee Barnette's last book. He ends the review with this:

A Pilgrimage of Faith is an inspiring story, but it has some very sad parts. Perhaps the most grievous for someone who has been privileged to share a considerable stretch in Henlee Barnette’s pilgrimage is what has happened to the people who brought Henlee Barnette to a vital Christian faith, nurtured him, ordained him, and sustained him in his ministry. Where will prophets come from in a denomination which has shut down searching? Among his final petitions as he finished his autobiography was this: “Let me die thinking. I have always had a hunger to know more. Here we see things ‘through a glass darkly.’ No one has all this truth.”

Comments

[Kevin Powell]

Wonderful review. Sounds like a great book with a great story. The church needs such everyday saints as

The history of the SBC is remarkably similar to the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. In the early 1970's the LCMS experienced a massive conservative takeover, pushing away moderates and chasing away liberals; introducing a type of majesterium to express official doctrine and centralize ecclesiastical power.

It strikes me as ironic that these conservative Christians whose traditions were born in a struggle for religious freedom are so eager to forget their history and bred a new type of religious tyranny.