When the Denominational Center Doesn't Hold: The Southern Baptist Experience

Bill Leonard, Dean of  Wake Forest Divinity School,  and a prof of Church History I had at Southern in 1979,  has an article on this site.  A quote:

We can note, first, that the SBC established a powerful center that provided a sense of identity and purpose for its constituency. That center was grounded in southern culture, denominational programs and a theology specific enough to be identifiably Baptist but general enough to permit the presence of various sectarian subgroups. That center is lost, and it will be a long time before it is reconfigured.

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