Baptist Firsts
The first Baptist association was formed in 1707 in this city of brotherly love.
What is Philadelphia?
His crusade brought the gospel to many in southern California.
Who is Billy Graham?
The Southern Baptist Convention, including the formation of the Foreign and Home Mission Boards, officially convened in this year.
What is 1845?
This national conflict led to much division amongst Baptists in the US.
What is the Civil War?
He is most well known for authoring the book The Message of Genesis. This book proposes a non-literal understanding of the Genesis, including multiple authors and no literal understanding of creation. It sparked great controversy and led to his dismissal as a member of the faculty at Midwestern Seminary. He served as a pastor for the remainder of his life. His work, though controversial, sparked a shift in the SBC toward a renewed Biblical literalism.
Who is Ralph Elliot?
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary was founded in this year.
She was focused on the underserved of the world. She focused her ministry first on those that were hurting and lost in her midst and then to raise support for foreign missionaries. She was a prolific letter writer and an advocate for those serving the lost. She has an Easter offering named after her for North American Missions.
Who is Annie Armstrong?
The first Lottie Moon Christmas Offering was collected in this year.
What is 1888?
The first Baptist Church in North America, organized in 1939, was formed here.
A preacher and evangelist, serving as the senior pastor of what would become one of the largest Southern Baptist congregations in the world for 32 years, he was a key leader of the SBC in it’s return to more conservative values. He served as president of the SBC for a total of 3 terms. He began a ministry called Love Worth Finding which he ran until his death in 2005. He had a great influence on returning the SBC to it’s biblical roots.
Who is Adrian Rogers?
In this year, two separate events were pivotal in the solidification of the Southern Baptist convention. The adoption of the Cooperative Program effectively standardized the way in which local congregations could cooperate with the Southern Baptist national and state level conventions. It provided for giving to the convention and allowed for a more regular giving stream. The Baptist Faith and Message was adopted the same year, allowing for a more uniform approach to the mission of independent churches without compromising the individual statements of faith that may have existed within each church. It gave a common foundation for all churches to agree upon and to unify around within the denomination.
What is 1925?
In 1995, the SBC voted to repent as a denomination for the evils of slavery that they had been associated with since their inception using this statement. Much of the need for change comes from the perception of slavery support as a key motivator for the creation of the SBC. The statement repents both of the acts of slavery committed and the lack of support shown by the SBC for civil rights causes. It was passed on a show of hands at the convention that was held in the Georgia Dome. This allowed the SBC to be taken more seriously in its theological stances against abortion and homosexuality but confessing and repenting of other sins that are clearly against scripture.
What is the Racial Reconciliation Statement?
This book, written by Ralph Elliot, sparked controversy in the SBC.
What is Message of Genesis?
He was appointed president of SBTS in 1993.
Much of the impetus of this was based on his own conversion and deep calling to Africa. His passion for missions led him to preach and teach the Bible to African Americans throughout Virginia and found the Richmond African Baptist Missionary Society. His life’s calling was to share the gospels to the native Africans. He was sent as a missionary to Liberia in January of 1821. While his time overseas was cut short by a tragic accident, his vision for a mission in Africa and his focus on international missions had a great impact on the SBC
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Who is Lott Cary?
He is an evangelist and theologian that has dedicated his life to teaching and preaching the gospel. He and his wife have ministered in over 135 countries around the world. He has served as president of Southeastern and Southwestern Theological seminaries and was the president of the SBC from 1998-2000. His primary influence as president was to appoint a committee to revise the Baptist Faith & Message.
Who is Paige Patterson?
Charleston First Baptist Church became the first baptist church in the south in this year.
What is 1696?
A sermon by this man at the Baptist church in Charleston started the First Great Awakening in 1740.
Who is George Whitefield?
At a convention in this year, the Baptist Faith and Message was revised to reassert inerrancy.
What is 2000?
In this year, the First Baptist Association was founded out of a general gathering of pastoral leaders in churches around Charleston, South Carolina. Pastor Oliver Hart arranged the initial meeting. This association was modeled after the Philadelphia Baptist association but became the template for all future southern Baptist associations. It was also the first real vision given to the collaboration of churches for the furtherance of the gospel and gospel mission. This is a foundational piece of the creation of the SBC.
What is 1752?
These years marked a growing controversy within the SBC over the infallibility of scripture.
What is 1969-1971?
A lifelong scholar and dedicated teacher, he was the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1889-1895. He also served many years as a professor and was a pastor. He served as a chaplain to Confederate soldiers during the Civil War and was nationally known as a scholar. Many other institutes of higher education sought him as a professor and school president. He taught on preaching and was largely sought as a preacher as well. His connection to the Confederacy may make his contributions more controversial but by and large he had a positive impact on the SBC.
Who is John Broadus?
One of the first international missionaries sent by the Southern Baptist Convention to China. She mentored many other foreign missionaries, including Lottie Moon. She served as a missionary for 58 years before her death at the age of eighty. She was known for her passion to teach as a missionary to the people of China. Her focus on the ministry that God called her to had a positive impact on the SBC.
Who is Martha Crawford?
In 1985, the Baptist church in Dallas became the largest SBC in history with this many people.
What is 45,561?
In 1638, London Baptists organize the first of these.
What is the Particular Baptist Church?
After being licensed to preach, he went to the southern States which had very few preachers. The church in Charleston, South Carolina called him after his first sermon. He served faithfully for 30 years as pastor until the concerns of the Revolutionary War led him to move to New Jersey to maintain his political freedom. He served as pastor in Hopewell, NJ for the last 15 years of his life. His faithfulness and commitment to the church had a very positive impact on the SBC.
Who is Oliver Hart?
The Baptist Faith and Message was first revised in this year.
What is 1963?
This Association was the center of the Separate Baptist movement.
What is the Sandy Creek Baptist Association?
In 1979, this man was elected president of the SBC, starting the conservative revolution.
Who is Adrian Rogers?
He was a foundational piece of many aspects of the SBC. He was one of the key figures in creation of the organizational concepts within the SBC. He also lobbied heavily for the formal education of ministers, resulting in the ultimate founding of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also helped to create the first state Baptist convention in South Carolina. He had a tremendous positive impact on the SBC.
Who is Richard Furman?
She was a woman of prayer and commitment, serving as a missionary to China for nearly 42 years. This included being imprisoned when the Japanese invaded China in 1937. She was dedicated to the gospel and to reaching the lost in China as a part of the China Inland Mission. She was mandatorily retired from the mission field at the age of 70 but continued to serve the SBC until her death at 99 years old.
Who is Bertha Smith?
He was a doctor and missionary to China for more than 15 years. He served in a medical hospital, Wuzhou, in China’s Guangxi province. His life was devoted to caring for the sick in the name of Jesus. He stayed in the field through World War II though many of his colaborers did not. He was martyred by the Chinese on claims of espionage. He lived a life filled with medical work that was born out of his intense love for people and for Jesus. He was martyred in 1952.
Who is Bill Wallace?
In 1608, these two men organize the first English-speaking Baptist Church.
Who are John Smyth and Thomas Helwys?
This man's dynamic preaching is credited for beginning the Second Great Awakening.
Who is John Taylor?
In this year, the Triennial Convention was formed.
What is 1814?
In 1839, Baptists officially disfellowship which group of people?
Who are the Cambellites?
In 1879, this man's controversial views, especially as related to evolution, led to his dismissal from SBTS.
Who is Crawford Howell Toy?
Another academic, he was a minister and professor of some considerable skill. He was very interested and devoted to international missions but was guided by doctors to avoid serving in that capacity due to health concerns. He also served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1921 to 1924. His work at the seminary led a nearly doubling of both faculty and students.
Who is Edgar Y. Mullins?
He was sent to Cuba as a missionary in 1890.
Who is Alberto Diaz?
This year marked the first meeting of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
What is 1991?