New Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement

[2] They are described by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) as "a loose network of independent churches concentrated in the U.S. connected by their belief in certain religious doctrines and a shared brand of deeply anti-LGBTQ and antisemitic teachings."

According to the ADL "Anti-LGBTQ bigotry and antisemitism are fundamental to New IFB ideology, as demonstrated by the doctrinal statements on their websites and the content of their sermons.

[6][7] A split in the New IFB occurred in January 2019, after Donnie Romero, pastor at Stedfast Baptist Church-Fort Worth (SBC), resigned after it was revealed he had hired prostitutes, smoked marijuana and gambled.

[8] Adam Fannin, the lead preacher at SBC's Jacksonville satellite campus, refused to acknowledge the authority of Jonathan Shelley, another Texas New IFB pastor who took over SBC–Fort Worth following Romero's resignation.

[9] Auckland, New Zealand, New IFB pastor Logan Robertson was deported from Australia in July 2018 after being accused of harassing Muslims at two Brisbane mosques.

[11] In 2021, Tarrant County, Texas preacher Dillon Awes advocated in a sermon that "every single homosexual" in America be lined up against a wall and shot in the back of the head.

[6] They oppose birth control,[15] Lordship salvation,[16] Scientology,[17] Messianic Judaism,[18] Catholicism,[19] Eastern Orthodoxy,[20] the usage of television,[21] Bible colleges,[22] animal rights,[23] and Sabbath keeping.

[4] Steven Anderson has made multiple sermons against Jewish people[28][29] and has protested against using the Hebrew name of Jesus "Yeshua", arguing that anyone who uses it is "not saved" and is trying to make "Christians into Jews".

[37] Also in June 2019, Grayson Fritts, pastor at New IFB-affiliated All Scripture Baptist Church and a former detective for the Knox County, Tennessee, Sheriff's Office, delivered a sermon calling for the execution of gays.

Steven L Anderson , the founder of the New IFB movement.