A believer in "gay conversion therapy", he attributes most homosexuality a result of some type of physical, sexual, mental abuse and has stated "for over 30 years - I have seen hundreds of people personally change their direction of same-sex attraction from a homosexual lifestyle to a heterosexual lifestyle." Īs a result of this stance, HGTV celebrities Chip and Joanna Gaines from the show Fixer Upper, who attend the church, released a statement on it. Furthermore founder Jimmy Seibert has emphasized ".Homosexuality is a sin" and that it is a lie that homosexuality is not a sin. The churches within the Antioch Movement recognize marriage as only between the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. Stance against homosexuality and gay marriage The Baylor Magazine describes the Antioch church in Waco in this way: “Antioch engages members in daily Bible study and prayer, carried out individually and in the church's 100-plus small groups that meet during the week in homes and on Sunday mornings." Lifegroups follow a cell ministry model. All the churches of the movement have a distinct focus on the development of small group communities, called lifegroups or smallgroups (inspired from Acts 2:42-47). Ewing used the term "New Testament Church" also heavily adopted by Siebert. Ewing was an independent non-denominational evangelist not associated with the Baptist Church nor traditions. Robert Ewing strongly influenced the Antioch Movement as he was a mentor for Jimmy Seibert.
Positions, beliefs, and practices Īntioch Community Church in Waco has an official statement of faith available on their website. Jimmy and his wife Laura also co-authored "Parenting Without Regret," a book that advocates slapping or spanking children.
The Seibert family currently live in Waco, Texas.ĭespite a complete lack of seminary school training, his story of founding the movement is found in his first book, "The Church Can Change the World," which has been revamped in the book "Passion and Purpose." Seibert also co-authored "The Three Loves" with Larry Kreider. Seibert graduated from Baylor University and a former member of the fraternity Kappa Omega Tau. Jimmy Seibert is the founder and senior pastor of Antioch Community Church in Waco, TX, and the self appointed president of Antioch Ministries International. The first World Mandate conference was hosted in Waco, Texas in 1988 and following the collapse of the Soviet union, they began their first illegal international church plants in former Soviet Union states. The movement's first discipleship school was held at Highland Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, led by Jimmy and Laura Seibert in 1987 while Jimmy was still working for HBC as the college pastor. It was announced as a "multiplication" event in 1987. The department grew large leading to the eventual formation as a separate church "Antioch Community Church" from the HBC.
Jimmy Siebert was the college department pastor of Highland Baptist Church (HBC) in Waco Texas. The controversial movement became infamous after two of its overseas missionaries, Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer, were imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan for illegal missionary work around the same time as the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Despite a heavy evangelical theology background and focus, Antioch instead claims to be non-denominational in order to make itself more appealing to college students they are attempting to recruit. College students and young adults make up Antioch's main target audience. Being a contemporary themed church also is an intentional appeal to affluent young adults. Their popularity is primarily accomplished by indoctrinating and exploiting vulnerably optimistic college students to carry out their plans. This particular group of churches are obsessed with missions and expansionism throughout the United States and the world. The movement is primarily focused on aggressive proselytization and corporate church franchising, otherwise known as church planting. The Antioch international movement of churches is a controversial network of evangelical churches headquartered in Waco, Texas founded in 1987 by the couple Jimmy and Laura Seibert.
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