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Article: Evangelical-Catholic statement criticized.
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- May 18, 1994
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Latin American Baptist leaders, citing the continued need for a Christ-centered evangelism, say they have no plans to sign on to a recent statement by prominent Catholics and evangelicals condemning proselytizing between the two groups. "This document is either excessively naive or . . . a sort of tricky trap," Daniel Carro, a professor at International Baptist Theological Seminary in Buenos Aires, said in a report issued by Baptist Press.
The statement in question, titled "Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium," emphasizes among other matters social concerns--such as opposition to abortion--that increasingly unite ...