Southern Baptist controversy

From: Brent Foster (bdfoster@shrinkweb.com)
Date: Tue Jan 02 2001 - 16:50:30 EST

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    Howdy
    Is anyone familiar with the ongoing controversies in the Southern Baptist Convention? Here's an article with some of the latest:

    http://www.dallasnews.com/religion/203125_BC-TX--BAPTIST.html

    I'm a member of a SB church and of course very interested in this issue. I've been following the story for a few months now. The current controversy appears to have stemmed from a change in platform adopted at the SBC's anual meeting last summer, reportedly favoring literalism and prohibiting women pastors. But I havn't been able to find any coverage of the actual meeting or platform statement, just the fallout from it, which included Jimmy Carter's disassociation from the SBC. The SBC's web site has no information about it, and I would bet that most Southern Baptists havn't even heard about the controversy. I would sure like to find a copy of any official statement made by the SBC on this. Can anyone on this list help? Any other Southern Baptists on the list?
    Thanks

    Brent

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