What is Primitive Baptist Universalism?

I don't agree with everything that the good folks at the Holston Primitive Baptist Universalist meeting say, but I think that their universalism takes a load from our shoulders and is scripturally-based. You can follow them on Facebook and Youtube and form your on opinions.

People who are interested in some of the history of the Primitive Baptist Universalists should read Howard Dorgan's In The Hands Of A Happy God (The University of Tennessee Press/Knoxville, 1997). I think that it's helpful to think about three things as you study this. One is imagining what life would be like if we had been taught about a happy God when we were children. The second is thinking about how not believing in an eternal hell where bad people are tortured for their sins forever might fit into your belief system and how that might affect everything else. Being a "no-heller" (an objectionable phrase!) doesn't so much solve problems as it does raise more good questions. The third thing to think about is whether or not not you believe that you have to earn justification and salvation or learn how to accept them as gifts. 

This is a good and warm introduction to some of where they're coming from.