Thread:SouthWriter/@comment-5175866-20150720190244/@comment-1777104-20150721003414

I understand your need to assure doctrinal purity. I don't mind being "just" a contributor. In fact, I invite you and your pastor to check out the artilcles at Holy-Bible.wikia.com. I will gladly contribute articles identical to what I have there, but, as I said on my wall, our styles are too different.

Although I have failed to recruit any regular contributors, I think there is room for both wikis. I am wondering, though, whether you took over the wiki from previous owners. When I started my wiki in 2013, it was in reaction to a very different Bible Wiki that I saw as mostly liberal modernism. Now I find a ministry project my a conservative Baptist. I was pleasantly surprised.

I am a 1980 graduate of Bob Jones University graduate school (before it was officially a seminary!)  My degreel is an M.Div. degree. After graduation I joined a local Presbyterian church (PCA ) and went 'under care' of the local presbytery. I was a candidate for the gospel ministry (pastorate) for three years but did not recieve a call to a particular church or ministry opportunity. I spent over 30 years in secular work before losing my job in 2009. I have recently taken early retirement and supposedly have 'a lot of time on my hands.'

As for a statement of belief, I follow the Westminster Confession of Faith and its "Larger Catechism." However, as long as a Christian brother adheres to the Nicene Creed (or even the Apostle's Creed), I can easily fellowship with him.

I noticed that you do not hesitate to offer interpretation of text and doctrine from your point of view (Baptist and "free will"). I decided not to do so at my wiki, "letting the text speak for itself." In doing so, my wiki is more like a standard Bible dictionary or even 'encyclopedia.'  If I attempt doctrinal articles, I will be offering different points of view as held by true Christians of different denominational persuasions.

In Christ our Savior,

J. Henry "SouthWriter" Martin, M.Div.