Southern Baptists and the Southern Baptist Convention
Task force completes study of SBC name change
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No results are in yet, but a source told Baptist Press that “no one on the 19-member task force believed the word ‘Baptist’ should be removed from the convention’s name.”
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Albert Mohler: "church planters and mission strategists have openly called for a name change"
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Will the Southern Baptist Convention Change its Name? We were established as an association of churches that would appoint slaveholders as missionaries.
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Southern Baptists Affirm Resolution Rejecting Rob Bell’s View on Hell
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The messengers to the SBC meeting voted to ‘hereby affirm our belief in the biblical teaching on eternal [conscious ] punishment of the unregenerate in Hell.’” CPost More at ABP
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Southern Baptist Convention: statistics indicate decline
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“The 2010 Annual Church Profile showed dips in baptisms, total church membership, worship attendance and participation in Sunday school and other Christian education programs. Declines were also reported in giving categories, but some of that was attributed to the fact that not all Baptist state conventions asked churches for information in ways that make for year-to-year comparison.”
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