re: Southern Baptist. Convention dropping the word " Southern"

Actually, I think it absolutely is the point.

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can vote to pull their churches out of the SBC

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if there is a split, it wouldn't be the first and isn't necessarily a bad thing. the reason baptists were reformers was so that there wouldn't be an overarching, monolithic hierarchy that churches had to acquiesce to because that was the source of many religious problems in europe. so it's funny that people are criticizing baptists for this yet they probably also hate the institutional parts of the catholic church.

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I’m about to piss off some southerners here..... the Baptists are quite possibly the most liberal denomination down here. It’s honestly sad to see

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The SBC has had a guilt trip and a half laid on them by the commies over the last 15 or so years, and they are folding like a cheap suit. I guarantee they are losing congregations right and left though. Many churches are pulling out and becoming independent congregations. They still call themselves Baptists, but independent of the SBC. In the grand scheme of things, it's all good.