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Westboro Baptist Church

Item

ERE ID

10701

Group name

Westboro Baptist Church See all items with this value

URL of title group

Westboro Baptist Church Website

Stated purpose

The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) of Topeka, Kansas, is an Old School Baptist Church. We adhere to the teachings of the Bible, preach against all forms of sin (e.g., fornication, adultery [including divorce and remarriage], sodomy), preach repentance and remission of sins in Christ’s name, and insist that the sovereignty of God and the doctrines of grace be taught and expounded publicly to all men. We are not ‘Calvinists’ per se; we reject many unscriptural notions of Calvinist theology (such as infant baptism)

Parent organization URL

Primitive Baptists

Social Media Accounts

Twitter

Date established

27 November 1995

Established by

Fred Phelps, Sr.

Membership

60-70

Location

Topeka, KS

Publications about the group

Desecration, Moral Boundaries, and the Movement of Law: The Case of Westboro Baptist Church

Anger and Compassion on the Picket Line: Ethnography and Emotion in the Study of Westboro Baptist Church

Westboro Baptist Church

"Pray Not for this People for Their Good": Westboro Baptist Church, the Religious Right, and American Nationalism

God hates: Westboro Baptist Church, American nationalism, and the religious right

Westboro Baptist Church (Ency. Britannica)

Westboro Baptist Church

"Anti-Semitism and the Overlooked Benefits of Allowing 'Hate Speech'"

Doubt and Desire: Women’s Narratives of Leaving Alternative Religious Groups

Perceived enemies

COVID-19 is the wrath of God on the children of disobedience - Eph. 5:3

LGBT community & supporters

Adultery

United States government

Judaism and Jews

Key URLs about the group -- not by the group

WBC - Encyclopedia Britannica

WBC - Wikipedia

Primary source

WBC Downloads: Other Documents, Old Fliers, Papers

Signs of the Times: Shining Bible Light on Current Events

She Shall Be Saved in Childbearing: Sermon to the Saints of God assembled at Topeka, KS

Perilous Times Shall Come: Sermon to the Saints of God assembled at Topeka, KS

Dehumanizing speech by group

Message on Homosexuality

Item sets

Oppositional religious groups

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Site pages

Welcome

Media

Westboro Photo

Linked resources

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Items with "Relation: Westboro Baptist Church"

Title	Class
"Anti-Semitism and the Overlooked Benefits of Allowing 'Hate Speech'"
Anger and Compassion on the Picket Line: Ethnography and Emotion in the Study of Westboro Baptist Church
Desecration, Moral Boundaries, and the Movement of Law: The Case of Westboro Baptist Church
Doubt and Desire: Women’s Narratives of Leaving Alternative Religious Groups
God hates: Westboro Baptist Church, American nationalism, and the religious right
Signs of the Times: Shining Bible Light on Current Events
Social control and the Westboro Baptist Church: Fuel to the fire?
West Baptist Church – Convergence Theory, Conformity And Charismatic Groups
Westboro Baptist Church

Items with "refer back to item: Westboro Baptist Church"

Title	Class
COVID-19 is the wrath of God on the children of disobedience - Eph. 5:3
Divorce + Remarriage = Adultery
Message on Homosexuality
Perilous Times Shall Come: Sermon to the Saints of God assembled at Topeka, KS
She Shall Be Saved in Childbearing: Sermon to the Saints of God assembled at Topeka, KS
Signs of the Times: Shining Bible Light on Current Events
WBC Downloads: Other Documents, Old Fliers, Papers
Westboro Baptist Church Website