2013 Summit of the New Baptist Covenant

Jerome · Nov 22, 2013

taking place now in Atlanta:

http://newbaptistcovenant.org/news/

Participants will engage in workshops designed to help them create cooperative service projects called Covenants of Action, which will be tailor made to fit the passions, resources and needs of covenant partners in a particular community. A commissioning service for participants will be held at the Carter Center at 4 p.m. Friday.
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The New Baptist Covenant is an informal alliance of more than 30 racially, geographically, and theologically diverse Baptist organizations from throughout North America that claim more than 20 million members. Representatives of these Baptist organizations have reaffirmed traditional Baptist values, including sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ and its implications for public and private morality, as well as their obligations as Christians to fulfill the biblical mandate to promote peace with justice, to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, care for the sick and the marginalized, and promote religious liberty and respect for religious diversity.
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thisnumbersdisconnected · Nov 22, 2013

One, there's no way this group has 20 million members, given the SBC is not participating, and all other Baptist organizations combined total maybe 13 million members. I know other major Baptist denominations are not officially participating, such as the IFB, ABA and Free Will associations, though I'm sure there are representatives from those denominations, just not leaders of those denominations. If they represent a million Baptists, I'd be amazed.

Two, Jimmy Carter was anti-SBC as early as the mid-1970s, when the movement was underway to restore literal interpretation of Scripture to the seminaries. I don't have much use for this group. They talk about "healing the divisiveness" among the various Baptist organizations, but reject biblical inerrancy, preach a social gospel that excludes Christ's role as Judge, and seeks political answers to spiritual issues.

Yeshua1 · Nov 22, 2013

Jerome said: ↑

taking place now in Atlanta:

http://newbaptistcovenant.org/news/
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A new name for the Christian left then?

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