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The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has its origins in a meeting in Atlanta in 1990 of a group of theologically moderate churches within the Southern Baptist Convention disagreeing about the control of the direction of the convention by fundamentalists, as well as the opposition to the ordination of women.
[4] A part of that cost was the departure of 1,900 churches from the convention, which broke away in 1990 to form the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, a moderate Baptist group which affirms women in ordained ministry and emphasizes the Baptist principles of the autonomy of the local church, the priesthood of all believers, and soul liberty.
The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) officially regards homosexual conduct "as incompatible with Biblical teaching"; [26] however, there are a number of Baptist churches in the ABCUSA and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship that have less literal views. [27]
Some Baptist denominations in the United States do not have official beliefs about marriage in a confession of faith and invoke congregationalism to leave the choice to each church to decide. [103] American Baptist Churches USA [104] Progressive National Baptist Convention [104] National Baptist Convention, USA [104] Cooperative Baptist ...
Progressive Baptists are members of the Progressive National Baptist Convention or any number of Baptist groups that are progressive in their methods. Groups such as the Alliance of Baptists, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and many others frequently use progressive as a self-descriptive term. They emphasize their interest in moderate to ...
Aug. 21—HENDERSON — Dr. Marion Lark, First Baptist Church's beloved former pastor, passed away on Saturday. Lark, a father of two, became the church's senior pastor in 1973. During his 29-year ...
At least 14 Baptist bodies, including the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Baptist General Convention of Texas, the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., and American Baptist Churches USA financially and ideologically support the mission of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. This organization tries to uphold the traditional ...
A young girl prays along with others during their Sunday Mass at a Polish Catholic church in Hamtramck, Mich., in January 2016. Several studies show that beginning in the early 2020s, young women ...