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16th June 2004, 11:17 AM
Southern Baptists Quit World Alliance
June 15, 2004
INDIANAPOLIS - The Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday to quit
the Baptist World Alliance following complaints that some members of
the loose, global association had adopted liberal theology and "anti-
American" thinking.
The SBC is the world's largest Baptist denomination and America's
largest Protestant body, with 16.3 million members. It helped launch
the alliance 99 years ago and was a strong supporter before shifting
toward strict conservatism a quarter-century ago.
An SBC taskforce complained that some in the alliance had
questioned "the truthfulness of Holy Scripture," refused to affirm
the necessity of conscious faith in Jesus Christ for salvation,
promoted women preachers, criticized the SBC and its foreign mission
board and adopted an "anti-American" tone.
Prior to Tuesday's vote, Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, said the SBC
should not give money or endorsement to an organization that includes
liberals.
He also complained that the American Baptist Churches, a U.S.
denomination, includes "gay-friendly congregations," and that other
members of the world alliance call the inerrancy of Scripture into
question.
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On the contrary,...it is the Southern Baptist Convention who are anti-
American, promoting anti-Americanism, and are as a virus on the Earth.
ie:
http://www.ffrf.org/nontracts/?t=xian.txt
http://skepticreport.com/tools/10command.htm
:)
June 15, 2004
INDIANAPOLIS - The Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday to quit
the Baptist World Alliance following complaints that some members of
the loose, global association had adopted liberal theology and "anti-
American" thinking.
The SBC is the world's largest Baptist denomination and America's
largest Protestant body, with 16.3 million members. It helped launch
the alliance 99 years ago and was a strong supporter before shifting
toward strict conservatism a quarter-century ago.
An SBC taskforce complained that some in the alliance had
questioned "the truthfulness of Holy Scripture," refused to affirm
the necessity of conscious faith in Jesus Christ for salvation,
promoted women preachers, criticized the SBC and its foreign mission
board and adopted an "anti-American" tone.
Prior to Tuesday's vote, Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, said the SBC
should not give money or endorsement to an organization that includes
liberals.
He also complained that the American Baptist Churches, a U.S.
denomination, includes "gay-friendly congregations," and that other
members of the world alliance call the inerrancy of Scripture into
question.
***
On the contrary,...it is the Southern Baptist Convention who are anti-
American, promoting anti-Americanism, and are as a virus on the Earth.
ie:
http://www.ffrf.org/nontracts/?t=xian.txt
http://skepticreport.com/tools/10command.htm
:)