Therefore, with other attendees in mind, we are seeking to avoid any issues that might create problems or distractions from our goals at the conference and the experience of other attendees as well.” The Hardings were particularly hurt by what they understood as an implication they were somehow a danger to children. For example, he wrote “As you know, many people who attend the G3 travel very long distances and some bring their children too. None were specific, and some were downright odd. He cited several reasons for his decision. Every single person mentioned the T-shirt.īuice sent the Hardings several emails at the time of his decision. I spoke to several of their Twitter followers and asked them to recount Buice’s ban. What I do know is it stood out to people who followed the Hardings at the time. He did issue a statement calling the dis-invitation “unfortunate” but nonetheless confirmed for me that he made the decision and “stands by it.” I have no way of knowing if the T-shirt motivated his decision. To be fair, I asked during what is likely the busiest week of his year. Buice if there was a specific incident that led to his decision to uninvite the Hardings. Erin points out that there are (hyperbolically) billions of Spurgeon T-shirts at G3 and that she would just be one in the crowd.īut Josh Buice likely didn’t see it that way. Was this a protest? Erin and Todd don’t shy away from that characterization, although they like to think of it as simply wearing a T-shirt. A friend soon made those T-shirts, sold them (including at least one to Erin), and donated the profits to charity. (I feel compelled to point out that Spurgeon’s examples within the quote are of a Christian mother and single women in the “family circle” or “domestic service.”) This quote caught Erin’s attention, and she retweeted it, saying that she would buy a T-shirt featuring the quote and would wear it to G3. Spurgeon urges his audience to see women as an important part of the church, admonishing them not to tell women they have no ministry. Shortly after the Truth Matters Conference, Erin Harding stumbled across a tweet from a pastor preparing a sermon that featured a quote from Charles Spurgeon. On the other hand, they are decidedly divorced from the culture that surrounds the G3 Conference and those in attendance. On one hand, they claim many of the same theological beliefs promulgated by G3 Conference keynote speakers.
This has put the Hardings in a difficult position. Nevertheless, they are often engaged in spats with people who are stalwarts of that particular group. The Hardings believe all Christians who read the Bible as John MacArthur or Josh Buice do should be outraged by what the Hardings see as racism, sexism, bigotry, and abusive behavior. They point to what they term as “trolling” online by those in the conservative Christian world. They see the attacks on Moore and others (including several notable and outspoken women) to be out of line and, at times, sinful. The Hardings sympathize with these women and specifically with Beth Moore, calling her a “sister in Christ” and promoting that she is “under authority” in her local church.
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They believe complementarian theology is often abused, used as a cudgel to wear down women who don’t toe the full complementary line, such as those who work outside of the home-who are properly active in their local church-or those who hold secular authority. John MacArthur (photo via Wikimedia Commons)ĭuring the Truth Matters Conference of 2019, in a Q&A session that featured a question about Beth Moore, John MacArthur uttered one of his most famous quotes: “Go home.” MacArthur’s now infamous answer did not sit well with the Hardings, who were in attendance that day. Amazingly, this story of two mildly Twitter-famous believers who captured the attention of a meager conference director starts with one of the biggest names in our history: John MacArthur. In fact, this incident illustrates a growing rift in culture, belief, and behavior between two big tents in American Christianity: those perceived as conservative and those perceived as “woke.” This story is a microcosm of the entrenched attitudes and anger that grip both factions.
This story goes beyond a mere personal squabble between the Hardings and Mr. The news came from none other than conference director Josh Buice.
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The Hardings announced last month that they had their registration fee refunded and had been informed they are not welcome to attend. That streak came to an end after they were absent from the 2020 G3 conference last Thursday. Harding has attended for four straight years.
Todd and Erin Harding have attended the G3 Conference together for three of the past four years, and Mr. Are we willing to let those who share our theology, but perhaps not our culture, ask us good questions?
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