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The official name is the Southern Baptist Convention.The word Southern in "Southern Baptist Convention" stems from its 1845 organization in Augusta, Georgia, by white Baptists in the Southern United States who supported continuing the institution of slavery and split from the northern Baptists (known today as the American Baptist Churches USA), who did not support funding evangelists engaging ...
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 ...
The new state convention, though autonomous, immediately formed closer partnerships with the entities of the SBC, similar to most other state conventions. [3] [4] As it continued to grow, the SBTC adopted the Southern Baptist Convention's 2000 Baptist Faith and Message as its own statement of faith. The SBTC's purpose, according to its mission ...
Throughout the 20th century, controversy had flared up sporadically among Southern Baptists over the nature of biblical authority and how to interpret the Bible. Until 1925 the SBC did not have a specific, formal confession of faith; whenever an issue arose it had looked to two earlier and more general baptistic confessions of faith produced in the United States: the Philadelphia Confession of ...
Bellevue Baptist Church is a Baptist megachurch in the Cordova area of Memphis, Tennessee, United States.It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.Bellevue was once the largest church in the Memphis area.
Second Baptist Church Houston is a Baptist multi-site megachurch based in Houston, Texas, US. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention . Its senior pastor is Dr. Ben Young.
The words Southern Baptist Convention refer both to the denomination and its annual meeting of delegates. Its "confession of faith" (not binding on members or congregations) is the Baptist Faith and Message (2000 edition). The SBC is the largest Baptist group, and the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.
F. Fellowship Church; First Baptist Church (Atlanta) First Baptist Church (Augusta, Georgia) First Baptist Church (Bay Minette, Alabama) First Baptist Church (Burlington, North Carolina)