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Southern Baptist Convention

Southern Baptist Convention
AbbreviationSBC; GCB
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationBaptist
TheologyEvangelical Fundamentalist
PolityCongregational
PresidentBart Barber
RegionUnited States
OriginMay 8–12, 1845
Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Separated fromTriennial Convention (1845)
Separations
Congregations47,198 (2022)
Members13,223,122 (2022)
Weekly attendance = 3,800,000 (2022)
Missionary organizationInternational Mission Board
Aid organizationSouthern Baptist Disaster Relief
Other name(s)Great Commission Baptists
Official websitesbc.net
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The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist organization and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian body in the United States.[1][2] The Southern Baptist Convention is not a denomination in terms of a hierarchical and united Church, but rather is a cooperation of autonomous independent churches with like-minded beliefs on essential topics that pool some resources together for missions. In 1845, the Southern Baptists separated from the Triennial Convention in order to support slavery, which the southern churches regarded as "an institution of heaven".[3][4] During the 19th and most of the 20th century, it played a central role in Southern racial attitudes, supporting racial segregation and the Lost Cause of the Confederacy while opposing interracial marriage.[5] Beginning in the late 1970s, a movement began that wrested control of the organization and moved it in a more conservative direction. In 1995, the organization apologized for its history.[6] Since the 1940s, it has spread across the United States, having affiliated churches across the country and 41 affiliated state conventions.[7][8][9]

Churches affiliated with the association are evangelical in doctrine and practice, emphasizing the significance of the individual conversion experience, which is affirmed by the person having complete immersion in water for a believer's baptism.[9] Other specific beliefs based on biblical interpretation can vary by congregational polity, to balance local church autonomy with accountability against abuses by ministers and others in individual churches.[10] These claims are disputed by pastors whose churches have been expelled because of their support for LGBTQ inclusion, which contradicts its confession of faith.[11] The association forbids women from becoming pastors,[12] and denounces same-sex marriage as an "abomination".[13]

Self-reported membership peaked in 2006 at roughly 16 million.[14] Membership has contracted by an estimated 13.6% since that year, with 2020 marking the 14th year of continuous decline.[15] Mean organization-wide weekly attendance dropped about 27% between 2006 and 2020.[14][16]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pipes-2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Johnson 2010, p. 349.
  3. ^ Griswold, Eliza (June 10, 2021). "Southern Baptist Convention: How the Convention's battle over race reveals an emerging evangelical schism". Retrieved August 17, 2023. Founders of the new organization claimed that, according to the Bible, slavery was an institution of heaven. They pushed the idea that Black people were descended from the Biblical figure Ham, Noah's cursed son, and that their subjugation was therefore divinely ordained
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Southern Baptist Theological Seminary-2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Newman, Mark (2001). Getting Right With God: Southern Baptists and Desegregation, 1945–1995. University of Alabama Press. pp. IX of preface. ISBN 978-0-8173-1060-8.
  6. ^ Carter, Gary L. (June 21, 1995). "An Apology For Racism". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "Southern Baptist Convention", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, Encyclopedia.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference aboutus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ a b "Fact box: The Southern Baptist Convention". Reuters. June 10, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference autonomy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Yawn, Andrew J. "A Georgia church, kicked out of the SBC for allowing gay members, wants to make sure 'everybody's welcome'". USA TODAY. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  12. ^ Diaz, Jaclyn (March 2, 2023). "What's next for the Southern Baptist Convention after it ousted 5 woman-led churches?". National Public Radio. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  13. ^ Merrell, Bill (September 1, 1999). "Redemption – Not Approval". Baptist Press. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Annual of the 2006 Southern Baptist Convention" (PDF). Executive Committee, Southern Baptist Convention. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  15. ^ Smietana, Bob (May 21, 2021). "Southern Baptist decline continues, denomination has lost more than 2 million members since 2006". Religion News Service. Religion News Service. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  16. ^ Howe, Jonathan (May 20, 2021). "Southern Baptists grow in number of churches, plant 588 new congregations amid COVID-19 pandemic – Baptist Press". www.baptistpress.com/. Retrieved June 10, 2021.

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