Veteran of Southern Baptist Calvinist ‘reformation’ reflects on success

[rlvaughn]

Veteran of Southern Baptist Calvinist ‘reformation’ reflects on success

When he arrived at the 1984 Founders Conference in Memphis, Tenn., Dever said the existing Southern Baptist Calvinistic world “could have met in an elevator booth.”

The movement turned a corner in 1993, with the election of Dever’s longtime friend Albert Mohler as president of Southern Seminary, pledging to uphold the “confessional faith” of founders including Abstract author Basil Manly Jr. and the first president, James Pettigru Boyce.

 

[MennoSota]

It is amazing to watch the path of reformation rather than the often used path of heresy that many denominations follow over time. Mohler and crew should be commended for their dedication to biblical teaching.

 

[Yeshua1]

Veteran of Southern Baptist Calvinist ‘reformation’ reflects on success

It seems to have produced many Calvinistic Baptists, and a few Reformed ones, which would both be a good thing!

 

[Revmitchell]

As someone who worked in the elevator industry I have no idea what one thinks an "elevator booth" is. I can tell you there is no such thing.

Southern Seminary may be pumping out reformed folks but I think this so called "success" is over played. The average church in the SBC doesn't even know what a calvinist is.

 

[rlvaughn]

I can't say what Dever meant, but I find in the patent at this link, "elevator booth" is mentioned 13 times.
Patent US20040256181 - Compact drive for elevator doors