Instead, the panel decided that churches preferring a new name to the one associated with the SBC’s founding as a pro-slavery church (for which they promptly apologized in 1995) could opt for a nickname. The committee said that the nickname “Great Commission Baptists” could be added as a descriptor. The “great commission” is the name […]
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‘Something has to change’
The database would include people credibly accused or convicted of child sexual abuse who have worked in SBC churches, of which his church is a part. In the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State University, Burleson (pictured) and many other Southern Baptists have capitalized on the moment to get the word out. […]