The Southern Baptist Convention Through History

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  the Southern Baptist Convention through History, a documentary, An Audiobook

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  presented by Matthew Escape in 16 08 John Smith and

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  Thomas Hellis organized the first English speaking Baptist church within

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  England. As history progresses, we arrive in 16 38 when

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  London Baptists organized the first particular Baptist Church and from

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  it the London Baptist Confession of Faith.

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  Just a mere year later, in North America, Providence Baptist

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  Church organizes the First Baptist Church within the North American

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  lend. Charleston First Baptist Church is men named the First

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  Baptist Church with in the Southern United States in 16

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  96. And from that a very, very important figure within

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  the Southern Baptist and Baptist lineage emerges.

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  Schubel Stearns.

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  Born in Boston in Massachusetts in 17 06 from Puritan

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  lineage, Schubel Stearns was one of the premier Baptist preachers

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  in the 18th century American South.

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  Credited with furthering the efforts of the Southern Baptist Movement,

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  many believe that he was converted under the preaching of

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  George Whitfield.

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  He pursued and revivalist stick approach to church and evangelism,

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  which led many Baptists to be planted.

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  Though he established Mush Baptist influence in the South, his

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  revival is improved to be a blight on solid theological

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  ground for Southern Baptist churches in 17 07 The Philadelphia

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  Baptist Association is named the First Baptist Association within the

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  United States and is recognised as such.

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  Throughout the world, 17 40 brings us to George Whitfield,

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  a very well known evangelist and preacher from this era.

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  He preaches in a Baptist church in Charleston, Charleston, South

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  Carolina. In the first Great Awakening 17 51 to 17

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  50 to Charleston Baptist Association becomes the First Baptist Association

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  within the Southern United States.

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  John Leland, an important figure of this time, was born

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  on May 14th, 17 54.

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  And Massachusetts, beginning a long life of exemplary service, is

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  a believer, gospel minister, statesman and pastor.

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  Despite rockets childhood years of indulgence in that would haunt

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  him throughout the rest of his life, God brought him

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  to saving faith in Christ.

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  At age 18 his life was an immense output, enforced

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  for sermon writing, evangelism, staunch abolitionism and furthering the cause

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  of religious liberty in the newly formed United States of

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  America. Through his relationships with James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and

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  other politicians, is drive to establish Religious liberty in the

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  Americas has enabled a massive spread of the gospel through

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  the SBC as we progress forward in 17 58 especially

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  under the leadership of After mentions Schubel Stearns, Sandy Creek

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  Baptist Association becomes a bit of a epicenter for the

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  separate Baptist movement, far more revivalist IQ approach and a

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  farm or a outreach minded approach.

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  In this way, it stems from a single church, the

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  Sandy Creek Baptist Church, and becomes a driving force in

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  establishing churches all throughout the South.

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  In 17 96 John Taylor's preaching begins the second Great

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  awakening and with it, and awakening a revivalism within the

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  United States as a whole that would continue for many

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  years. This brings us to an important figure within the

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  SBC and within the South and large.

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  Basil Manly Sr served as one of the founders of

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  the SBC and is one of the foremost education leaders

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  in the South.

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  As pastor in Baptist and I Excuse Me.

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  As a pastor and president of the University of Alabama,

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  Manly Sr was highly influential in his ability to bring

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  chaos and structure by institutions.

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  His organizational skills were meticulous, and many remained to this

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  day. Tragically, he was also a massive proponent of slavery,

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  owning over 40 slaves themselves and never rectifying this injustice

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  in his own life or in the lives of other

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  Southern Baptists, get in a different vein.

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  Sarah Johnson or Sarah Hall.

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  Johnson was born in New Hampshire in 18 03 This

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  young woman possessed a particularly powerful gift for linguistic work

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  in translation, which led her to join her husband, who

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  is who she would later work with, leading her with

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  her husband to serve the Burmese people.

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  Though she was widowed, she persisted in her ministry and

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  later married the esteemed added Iram Johnson.

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  Her efforts of missionary work for Baptists give a powerful

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  example for Baptists and women the like.

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  In 18 14 to try an aerial convention, the first

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  of the Baptist conventions in the United States was formed

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  and, as the name suggests, would meet every three years.

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  In 18 21 we come to a very provable moment

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  where Baptists appoint lot Kerry as thief first African American

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  missionary for the Baptist Association, though others had been sent

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  before him.

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  In this way, he is distinctly known for all of

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  his efforts in pastoral ministry for the establishment of the

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  First Baptist Church with in Liberia, as well as for

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  numerous other efforts that were very, very positive in 18

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  27 A very pivotal figure for the SPC that would

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  carry through most of the 19th century is James P.

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  Boy's Voice was born in 8 January of 18 27

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  and left an indelible imprint to this day for his

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  expert administration in leadership of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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  Educated at Princeton under the tutelage of Charles Hodge, Voice

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  became a formidable academic and administrative force in the SPC

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  by serving seven consecutive terms as the president of the

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  convention. He also taught courses at the seminary, and he

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  wrote a landmark systematic theology textbook.

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  Those contributions to the SBC are momentous.

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  His legacy also bears out a man who advocated slavery

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  and white supremacy.

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  We advanced now to 18 30 where a particular group

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  of individuals who came to be known as the Campbell

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  Lights were disowned in Dispel ship by the Baptists for

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  poor theology and for a distortion of doctrine.

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  And it became no longer tenable for the Campbell ICTs

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  to continue with the Southern Baptist Convention.

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  Charlotte Digs Moon or Lottie Moon was born in Virginia

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  in 18 40.

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  An intelligent and spirited child lot improved her abilities in

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  academics as well as an indomitable spirit.

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  Being one of the first women in the South to

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  earn a master's degree, she committed her life to Christ

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  in 18 58 and later with set sail for China

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  in the Shang Tu province, where she's set an example

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  for missions and women everywhere.

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  A lot of gave almost 40 years of her life

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  to the Chinese people, sharing and championing causes for the

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  Chinese women and Children.

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  She also helped establish the women's Mission union to help

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  fund missionary work for the SPC.

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  Her namesake offering still brings in over half of the

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  International Missions board budget every single year.

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  Advancing forward In this, we come to 18 45 where

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  we do have at last the formation of the Southern

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  Baptist Convention, which also includes the foreign and home mission

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  boards. This meeting was held in Augusta, Georgia, in May

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  and is the beginnings off what we now know today

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  as the SBC moving into another pivotal figure for this

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  time was any Armstrong.

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  She was born into a well established Baptist family In

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  pre Civil War Baltimore, she began to live a life

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  of diligent work and particularly worked hard in raising funds

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  for missions, work and humanitarian efforts.

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  She's also one of the founders of the Women's Missionary

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  Union. Known for strong determination, she never took a sour

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  from the organization but spent her income to further the

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  mission of missionaries in the SPC.

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  She also champion the cause for black women to service

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  missionaries. Her contribution to the SBC and I'd be is

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  immense. And modern Missions owes much to her persistent efforts.

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  Each year the SPC collects in Easter offering that is

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  named after her in 18 59 the founding of the

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  Southern Baptist Theological Seminary establishes the first training ground for

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  Southern Baptist pastors to be trained.

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  E. Y Mullins, a key figure in this transformation, was

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  one of the most influential leaders in the 20th century,

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  rescuing Southern 70 for for Thief excuse me rescuing Southern

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  Seminary from a theological shift that it had happened underneath.

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  President Whitson models assume control in 19 night or in

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  18 99.

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  He managed to double the Roman of the seminary, more

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  than double the endowments and relocate the seminary to its

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  present location in Louisville, Kentucky, as the president of the

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  SBC, leaving a lasting impression, an effort that is still

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  in effect today.

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  His doctrine of soul competency did advance liberalism, particularly in

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  the Baptist faith and message update, which was very difficult

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  to overcome until some clarification in the mid 19 nineties.

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  And in the 2000 revision, we have courts in the

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  middle of all of 18 61 18 65 the American

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  Civil War progresses and in 18 79 a most unusual

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  event of Crawford Toy, a professor at Southern Seminary is

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  dismissed from the seminary for poor doctrinal stances and for

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  anti biblical views.

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  Toy was also a former suitor but never married Lottie

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  Moon. In 18 88 the first Lottie Moon Christmas offering

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  was collected for missions.

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  In 18 90 we see a Hispanic man, Alberto Diaz

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  is sent to Cuba as an SBC missionary, advancing ahead

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  of years to 1925 the back.

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  This is about the cooperative program, which was a collective

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  funding effort of missions and other efforts, including the seminaries

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  and other institutions by Southern Baptist churches.

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  It also presented a New Baptist faith in message that

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  sought to bring a middle ground to a very divided

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  convention. Though it was very helpful and provided some excellent

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  stances. It also did provide some areas where clarity was

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  needed. An 8th, 1949 Billy Graham holds a massive crusade

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  in Los Angeles and establishes a strong name for Southern

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  Baptists. Dr.

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  Bill Wallace is martyred in China in 1952.

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  And bring into this a man that will become very,

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  very significant and later, 19 hundreds.

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  R. Albert Mohler Jr is born.

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  He becomes the ninth president of Southern Seminary as he

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  serves with a vast amount of experience in SBC life.

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  He has served as a editor for the SPC newspaper.

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  Out of Georgia is commitment to the conservative resurgence, and

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  the conservative correction of the seminary is a landmark achievement.

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  He has brought a significant amount of theological weight in

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  practice within the SBC and is credited for a shifting

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  of thought.

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  Ralph Elliot releases at Southern Seminary.

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  The message of Genesis, which is completely thwarted and is

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  viewed as heretical.

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  Elia is dismissed and shame for this effort.

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  The Baptist Faith and Messages revised in 1963.

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  Unfortunately, this provided a lot of issues and provided a

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  lot of lack of clarity on the issue of inerrancy,

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  which would come under fire in later years, as we

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  see in 1969 in 1971 where there's growing controversy over

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  the infallibility of Scripture.

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  In 1979 Adrian Rogers, a well known man in the

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  conservative echelon of the Southern Baptist, is elected president and

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  begins what is known as the conservative resurgence in 85.

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  The largest SPC convention is ever held, with over 45,000

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  in attendance.

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  1991 brings us to the first meeting of the Cooperative

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  Baptist Fellowship in 1993.

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  R. Albert Mohler Jr is elected as the president of

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  Southern Seminary and begins a shifting back to a traditional

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  route is significant.

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  Repeal occurs in 1995 where a racial reconciliation statement is

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  issued and the SPC or issues a formal apology for

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  its former stances and for its origins in slavery in

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  2000. A significant milestone has made where the Baptist faith

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  and message is re visioned and sought to bring clarity

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  and strength, and it stands on the inerrancy of Scripture.

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  It becomes clear as this all goes, that the SBC

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  is a marvel of God's grace to the American people

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  and that the SBC has a rich heritage and a

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  rich future to look forward to, should the word of

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  God be prioritized.