Mike Allison pastors Madison Baptist Church in Madison, Alabama. Madison Baptist is an Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) congregation. Allison has been its pastor for thirty-four years.
Allison describes himself this way:
Dr. Michael Allison was born in Sturgis, MI and married his wife Janet shortly after high school. They have two daughters, Kathy and Kari. He was saved in October of 1971 while working his afternoon shift at Radio Station WAOP in Otsego, Michigan. He was called to preach in 1974 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tennessee Temple College in 1976. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Religious Education and a Doctor of Ministry from Bethany Theological Seminary and an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Fairhaven Baptist College. He has been pastor of Madison Baptist Church since 1989.
His degrees and “doctorate” are from unaccredited IFB institutions.
Most churches are welcoming. Not Madison Baptist. Allison plasters the following on his church’s website:
We are an independent, fundamental, King James Bible-preaching, Bible-believing church. It is our prayer that we can help you grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as you seek to do His will. Pastor Mike Allison has been our pastor since 1989.
Our services are live streamed on YouTube, Facebook, Sermon Audio and Vimeo.
Madison Baptist Church is not an open forum for discussion and ideas. It is a Church, an assembly of believers in Jesus Christ as Saviour, who accept the Bible to be TRUE and right in EVERY detail. This assembly meets to worship the God of the Bible, and to hear His Word preached by a MAN of God as designated by the Church. This assembly invites any and all who want to HEAR the truth of God expounded and explained. However, any disruptors on the premises will have their invitation immediately revoked; they are then trespassers, and will be treated as such.
Bathroom Policy: our bathrooms are only for those whose anatomy would match the word on the outside of the bathroom, not what they think or feel they are. Violators will be expelled and prosecuted.
There’s one king at Madison Baptist, and it sure ain’t Jesus.
Evidently, Allison checks for penises and vaginas at the front door.
Bruce Gerencser, 67, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 46 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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