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Article: SBC conflict splits Virginia Baptists. (moderates and conservatives of the Southern Baptist Convention)(Adapted from Religious News Service)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- November 20, 1996
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The longstanding theological fight between moderates and conservatives in the Southern Baptist Convention has split the state organization of Baptists in Virginia. Following an official vote in mid-September, there are now two state conventions in Virginia: the Baptist General Association of Virginia, which is dominated by moderates, and the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia. The latter group, which is three years old, decided at its annual meeting to split from the 173-year-old Baptist General Association of Virginia and form its own convention.
The move is considered to be unprecedented in the 151-year history of the 15.6-million-member Southern ...