Derek Melton is the assistant chief of police in Pryor, as well as senior pastor at Pryor Creek Community Church, a congregation he describes as Baptist, but not Southern Baptist.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe follow the 1833 Baptist Confession,\u201d Melton said. \u201cWe are an historically evangelical church.\u201d<\/p>\n
The confession is better known as the New Hampshire Baptist Confession of 1833, and there are very few churches around the country that subscribe to it. They answer to no denominational headquarters, no bishop, no overarching authority, except the Holy Spirit as mediated through the congregation.<\/p>\n
Pryor Creek Community Church is also one of a few dozen churches around the country that are offering concealed carry certification classes as a way to reach out to non-Christians and attract new members. Melton sees no conflict between being a Christian and possessing weapons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe disciples carried weapons,\u201d Melton said. \u201cPeter cut a man\u2019s ear off. I believe if more honest citizens were armed, the safer our communities would be.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From WaPo: Derek Melton is the assistant chief of police in Pryor, as well as senior pastor at Pryor Creek Community Church, a congregation he describes as Baptist, but not Southern Baptist. \u201cWe follow the 1833 Baptist Confession,\u201d Melton said. \u201cWe are an historically evangelical church.\u201d The confession is better known as the New Hampshire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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