A Matter of Conviction: A History of Southern Baptist Engagement with the Culture

A Matter of Conviction: A History of Southern Baptist Engagement with the Culture In honor of one hundred years of Southern Baptist engagement with culture.
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• Jerry Sutton,James T. Draper Jr.'s A Matter of Conviction: A History of Southern Baptist PDF
• Editorial Reviews
• A Matter of Conviction | Baptist Theology
• A Simple Guide to the Way Back Home by Jerry Sutton (2002-05-05)
• Jerry Sutton

This doctrine is first and foremost a matter of responsibility and servanthood, not privilege and license.

It is of course, a perversion of this doctrine to say that all views are equally valid, that you can believe anything and still be a Baptist or that the pastor has no unique leadership role. We affirm soul competency, the accountability of each person before God. Your family cannot save you. Neither can your church. It comes down to you and God. Authorities can't force belief or unbelief. Against this backdrop of religious freedom, it's important for us Baptists to set forth our convictions. By stating them in a forthright manner, we provide nonbelievers with a clear choice.

In some groups, statements of belief have the same authority as Scripture. We call this creedalism. Baptists also make statements of belief, but all of them are revisable in light of Scripture. The Bible is the final word.

Because of this distinction, we are generally more comfortable with the word "confession. There have always been Baptist limits.

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And within these limits, there have always been Baptist preferences. Women participate equally with men in the priesthood of all believers.

Their role is crucial, their wisdom, grace and commitment exemplary. Women are an integral part of our Southern Baptist boards, faculties, mission teams, writer pools, and professional staffs. We affirm and celebrate their Great Commission impact. While Scripture teaches that a woman's role is not identical to that of men in every respect, and that pastoral leadership is assigned to men, it also teaches that women are equal in value to men.

We stand for a free church in a free state. Neither one should control the affairs of the other. We support the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, with its "establishment" and "free exercise" clauses. We do, of course, acknowledge the legitimate interplay of these two spheres.

For example, it is appropriate for the state to enact and enforce fire codes for the church nurseries. It is also appropriate for ministers to offer prayer at civic functions.

Editorial Reviews

Neither the Constitution nor Baptist tradition would build a wall of separation against such practices as these. Anyone interested in the recent history of the Southern Baptist Convention needs to read this book. But better editing would have helped it. One person found this helpful. If there is any wonder of why the Southern Baptist numbers are declining, the three peoples names on this puff piece for Richard Land are part of the reason.

While Jimmy Draper was at Life Way the numbers speak for them self. Richard Land is touted as the champion of conservatives, you can guess who gave him the title. And, as the policy arm of the Southern Baptist, I hope someone can come up with one policy he has championed. I thought the book that God gave us was all the policy we needed. I like his saying that George Bush had the right to go to war and the Republican party should take in the religious right and he wanted a consummation of the marriage not a ring.

And, proclaimed from the cover, the renowned pastor Jerry Sutton is really a work of wannabe. He has spent more time at the book store, fancy restaurants, far away places and this gave him little time for God's work at the church or to write a book. I will guess the reason Jerry Sutton's name is on the book as author is , no prolific and legitimate writer would be associated with this puff piece on Richard Land.

If Sutton still has his Two rivers credit card, he can give this book and early boost in sales and Bobby Reed can attest to his paying the credit card charges off with cash. What a waste of God's money and good paper and ink. See all 3 reviews. There's a problem loading this menu right now.

A Simple Guide to the Way Back Home by Jerry Sutton (2002-05-05)

In , the Southern Baptist Convention made its first formal attempt to impact public policy on moral issues. In honor of one hundred years of Southern Baptist engagement with culture, Jerry Sutton, pastor of Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville, TN, authored this volume to provide the history of Southern Baptist efforts while keeping in mind the larger historical and theological context of church-state issues. Rather than beginning with the founding of the Committee on Civic Righteousness in , Sutton offers his readers a broader historical context by providing a brief history of the development of Western civilization and the role of the church in that process.

Sutton also offers an overview of the role Baptists played in American culture in the nineteenth century, including a discussion of the issues that ultimately led to the schism between Baptists in the North and the South. After the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention in , the newly organized group of Baptists found itself addressing a number of issues by way of resolutions at their annual meetings.

These issues included race relations, the Sabbath, sacrificial giving, temperance, gambling, religious liberty, divorce, poverty, and peace. The appointment of this Committee on Civic Righteousness in led to the establishment of the standing Committee on Temperance the following year. The history is generally divided according to the leading figure of the commission at that time.