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| At last the time had come and
I made the telephone call. "I no longer desire to be
a chaplain endorsed by the SBC," I told my friend who
works at the North American Mission Board. |
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| The Southern Baptist Convention now has six
"fundamentalist" seminaries, according to Jerry
Falwell the lifelong independent Baptist who recently became
a Southern Baptist, used the term as a compliment when endorsing
the six SBC schools on the front page of the July issue of
his National Liberty Journal. |
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| SALT LAKE CITY -- The Rev. Jerry Falwell,
who for the first time is a voting delegate at the Southern
Baptist Convention, now says he is a full-fledged Southern
Baptist. |
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| Experiencing the leadership of
Jerry Falwell may be new to many Southern Baptists, but it
is not new to many SBC leaders. |
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| In the Spring
of 1837, a group of "Texican Baptists" met near
Washington-on-the Brazos to organize a church. Z. N. Morrell,
its pastor, wrote of that event: |
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| Loyalty is
an important part of Christian character. From what God has
done for us in our Lord Jesus Christ, stems an ever growing
commitment to His kingdom. |
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| The poet, Robert
Frost wrote, "I have miles to travel and promises to
keep." Texas Baptists Committed’s mission is far
from done. |
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| Pressler says that he spotted a weakness in the SBC structure which makes such a takeover possible. |
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| In his final address as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Tom Elliff gave thanks to God for ridding the SBC of “parasites” and “barnacles” which slow the “ship of Zion.” |
