Conflict in the Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian-oriented denomination that was founded in 1845 in the United States. The denomination currently boasts more than 16 million members attending over 42,000 churches, making it the second largest denomination of Protestants in the U.S. after the Catholic Church.
Conservative in theology, co-operative in missions, and congregational in polity, the SBC fields more than 10,000 missionaries worldwide – approximately half in international fields and a half in North America.
The convention also runs six seminaries, a financial resource and publishing entity, and the Religious and Ethics Liberty Commission that addresses social, moral, and public policy issues. The past thirty years have seen incredible growth of the Southern Baptist denomination and its influence.
A remarkable cooperation spirit and an unprecedented response to mission fields have also been witnessed. Nevertheless, it is this great historical turning point and most crucial concern in the history of denomination; the conflicts in the Southern Baptist Convention.
