LifeWay Christian Resources


























LifeWay Christian Resources
Type
Religious Non-profit organization
Industry
Publishing, Retail
Founded1891
Incorporated on October 5, 1983 as the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
FounderJames Marion Frost
Headquarters
1 LifeWay Plaza, Nashville, Tennessee
,
U.S.

Number of locations
170 stores (2018)[1]
Key people

Thom S. Rainer, Chairman and CEO
Number of employees
4,000
ParentSouthern Baptist Convention
DivisionsChurch Resources, LifeWay Christian Stores, B&H Publishing Group, Technology, Finance and Business Services, LifeWay Research and Insights
WebsiteLifeWay.com

LifeWay Christian Resources, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the publishing division of the Southern Baptist Convention and church business services provider.




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Ministry content


  • 3 Leadership


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




History


In 1891, James Marion Frost, a 43-year-old pastor, founded the Baptist Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.[2] It is now known as LifeWay Christian Resources.


In 2017, LCR staff moved out of the Draper Tower and the Sullivan Tower into new headquarters in the Capitol View area.[3]



Ministry content


LifeWay's ministry on the subject of sexuality and gender expression categorizes non-normative identities as sinful lifestyles,[4] the threat of which requires church members be "ready when homosexuality devastates."[5] This is generally consistent with Article XVIII of the Baptist Faith & Message (the doctrinal statement of the Southern Baptist Convention, LifeWay's parent[6]), though the Article does not specifically address such gender expression issues as transgender or gender reassignment.[7]


LifeWay has discontinued selling works by authors who disagree with its policies. As an example, in October 2016 it pulled all works by author Jen Hatmaker after she endorsed same-sex marriage.[8]



Leadership


In February 2006, Dr. Thom Rainer became the president and CEO of LifeWay. Rainer left his post as Dean of the Billy Graham School of Evangelism of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to assume the presidency of LifeWay. He succeeded James T. Draper, Jr., of the Fort Worth metro area, who had headed LifeWay from 1991 to 2006.[9]


On August 29, 2018, Dr. Thom Rainer announced his retirement from LifeWay which becomes effective within one year or once his replacement has been identified—whichever occurs first.[10]



References




  1. ^ [1]


  2. ^ "Dr. J.M. Frost, Noted Baptist Leader, Dies. End Comes To Prominent Nashville Divine After Long Illness. Founder of Baptist Sunday School Board. For Many Years Pastor In Southern States and Author of Numerous Works". The Tennessean. October 31, 1916. pp. 1, 12. Retrieved July 26, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. (Registration required (help))..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ Ward, Getahn (November 7, 2017). "New LifeWays bookstore, headquarters to open". The Tennessean. pp. A8–A9. Retrieved July 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. (Registration required (help)).


  4. ^ "A biblical perspective on sexuality". lifeway.com. Retrieved September 22, 2017.


  5. ^ "Ready, Session 5 (Ready When Homosexuallity Devastates): Additional Questions". blog.lifeway.com. Retrieved September 22, 2017.


  6. ^ However, as the SBC is organized along the lines of congregational polity, the statement is not binding on individual congregations.


  7. ^ http://www.sbc.net/bfm2000/bfm2000.asp Baptist Faith and Message


  8. ^ "LifeWay Stops Selling Jen Hatmaker Books over LGBT Beliefs". Retrieved October 25, 2018.


  9. ^ "LifeWay Christian Resources". bbb.org.


  10. ^ "LifeWay CEO Thom Rainer announces plans to retire". The Tennessean.




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