Definition
Baptists believe in the Bible as the ultimate authority, a regenerate and baptized church, the autonomy of the local church, and religious liberty for all.
Summary
This essay discusses the origin of Baptists, their distinctives–biblical authority, regenerate church membership, baptism by immersion, local church autonomy, soul competency and priesthood of all believers, and religious liberty for all people–and their various affinities and affiliations.
Articles
How Southern Baptists Trained More Disaster Relief Volunteers than the Red Cross
Maybe no other denomination could have addressed disaster relief with such stunning success. Here's how Southern Baptists did it—and how they're attracting a new generation of volunteers.
Ugly Stain, Beautiful Hope: My Response to Mika Edmondson
Black lives do matter. We have to say that even more powerfully than #BlackLivesMatter does.
Why Denominational Identity Still Matters
Being a Christian is weird again—just like it was in the earliest centuries of church history. I believe this bodes well for denominational identity.
Fighting Racism in the Southern Baptist Convention
A helpful book for Southern Baptists and other evangelicals wrestling with historic patterns of racism and working toward repentance and reconciliation.
Why the American South Would Have Killed Charles Spurgeon
'If [that abolitionist Spurgeon] should ever show himself in these parts, we trust that a stout cord may speedily find its way around his eloquent throat.'
Why I Am a ‘baptist’ (with a small ‘b’)
We would consider ourselves 'Baptists' but receive into membership believers baptized as infants. How do we justify such a hybrid in the spectrum of church practices?
Who First Showed Juan Sánchez the Beauty of Jesus?
It took a team effort to show me Christ in all his beauty. And I’ve never been the same.
Man in the Middle
January 24 would mark a sharp turning point, both in Dockery’s life and in the theological direction of the SBC’s oldest seminary.
