Who Are Southern Baptists?
A seminary professor remarked that if any of us ended up serving a church in some parts of the north it might well be that only two ministers at the local pastors conference would believe in the virgin birth of Christ, the historicity of biblical miracles, and the full reliability of the Scriptures; it would be the Catholic priest and the Southern Baptist pastor. This serves to illustrate the fact that Southern Baptists actually do not have a doctrine to which they exclusively hold. Every belief embraced by Baptists is embraced by some other Christian group. If one were to visit any given Southern Baptist church this Sunday he might be reminded of the worship style from any number of denominations. Worship style in Southern Baptist churches varies considerably and spans the spectrum from liturgical to emotional, formal to informal, traditional to contemporary. While this kind of variety can be found in most denominations, it is, among Southern Baptists, most pronounced. So what disting
