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The Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC ), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists ( GCB ), is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist organization and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian body in the United States. [1] [2] The SBC is a cooperation of fully autonomous, independent ...
e. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary ( SBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in Louisville, Kentucky. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The seminary was founded in 1859 in Greenville, South Carolina, where it was at first housed on the campus of Furman University. The seminary has been an innovator in theological ...
The president of the Southern Baptist Convention heads the convention and is elected at the annual meeting. The president's duties include presiding over the annual meeting; appointing members to SBC committees; serving as an ex officio member of the board of SBC entities including the International Mission Board, the North American Mission Board, and Lifeway Christian Resources; and ...
Beginning in 1979, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) experienced an intense struggle for control of the organization. Its initiators called it the conservative resurgence [1] while its detractors labeled it the fundamentalist takeover. [2] It was launched with the charge that the seminaries and denominational agencies were dominated by ...
The Baptist Faith and Message (BF&M) is the statement of faith of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). It summarizes key Southern Baptist thought in the areas of the Bible and its authority, the nature of God as expressed by the Trinity, the spiritual condition of man, God's plan of grace and salvation, the purpose of the local church, ordinances, evangelism, Christian education, interaction ...
Southern Africa. African Baptist Assembly of Malawi, Inc. African United Baptist Church. Association of Bible Baptist Churches in Madagascar. Baptist Convention of Angola. Baptist Evangelical Association of Madagascar. Baptist Union of Southern Africa. Baptist Union of Zambia. Igreja União Baptista de Moçambique.
Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; B.S., University of Southern Mississippi. Russell D. Moore (born 9 October 1971) is an American theologian, ethicist, and preacher. In June 2021, he became the director of the Public Theology Project at Christianity Today, and on August 4, 2022, was ...
William Bullein Johnson (1782–1862) - First president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1845 to 1851. B.R. Lakin (1901–1984) - Preacher and evangelist. Homer G Lindsey (1927–2000) - Preacher at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL. Thomas Meredith (1795–1850) - Founder and editor of the Biblical Recorder newspaper.