Category Archives: SBC Perspective

Competitors to Biblical Authority

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Dan Nelson

By Dan Nelson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Camarillo, CA A very distinctive mark of Baptists is our insistence that biblical authority as our sole authority for faith and practice. I realize that this is hardly an exclusive claim for every … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, Doctrine, SBC Perspective, Scripture | 2 Comments

Still Baptist . . . After All These Years

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Gary Ledbetter

By Gary Ledbetter, Director of Communications of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, and Editor of the Southern Baptist Texan The first report of the committee appointed by SBC President Bryant Wright to consider a new name for the SBC … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, SBC, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective | 7 Comments

Thoughts on the Daviess-McLean Baptist Association Decision
about Pleasant Valley Community Church
Part 2: Reflections on the Significance of What Happened

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Steve Lemke

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts 29 Network, Associational News, Baptist Identity, BF&M, Calvinism, Church, Cooperation, Doctrine, Ecclesiology, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective, Theology | 26 Comments

Thoughts on the Daviess-McLean Baptist Association Decision
about Pleasant Valley Community Church
Part 1: Attempting to Analyze What Actually Happened

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Steve Lemke

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts 29 Network, Associational News, Baptist Identity, BF&M, Calvinism, Church, Cooperation, Doctrine, Ecclesiology, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective, Theology | 41 Comments

Distinctive Baptist Beliefs:
Nine Marks that Separate Baptists from Presbyterians
Distinctive Baptist Belief #9:
Decisional Conversion/Gospel Invitations (not Confirmation)

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Steve Lemke

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, BF&M, Calvinism, Doctrine, Salvation, SBC, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective | 54 Comments

Distinctive Baptist Beliefs:
Nine Marks that Separate Baptists from Presbyterians
Distinctive Baptist Belief #8:
Two Scriptural Officers — (Pastor/Bishop/Elder and Deacon
(not Three Officers –Pastor/Bishop, Elder, and Deacon)

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Steve Lemke

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, BF&M, Calvinism, Doctrine, Ecclesiology, SBC, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective | 19 Comments

Distinctive Baptist Beliefs:
Nine Marks that Separate Baptists from Presbyterians
Distinctive Baptist Belief #7:
Local Church Autonomy (not a Hierarchical Denominationalism)

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Steve Lemke

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, BF&M, Calvinism, Doctrine, SBC, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective | 8 Comments

Distinctive Baptist Beliefs:
Nine Marks that Separate Baptists from Presbyterians
Distinctive Baptist Belief #6:
Congregational Church Polity (not Presbyterian Elder Rule)

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Steve Lemke

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, BF&M, Calvinism, Doctrine, SBC, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective | 13 Comments

Distinctive Baptist Beliefs:
Nine Marks that Separate Baptists from Presbyterians
Distinctive Baptist Belief #5—
Baptism and the Lord’s Supper as Symbolic Ordinances (not Sacraments)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Steve Lemke

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, BF&M, Calvinism, Doctrine, SBC, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective | 32 Comments

Distinctive Baptist Beliefs:
Nine Marks that Separate Baptists from Presbyterians
Distinctive Baptist Belief #4—
Baptism by the Mode of Immersion

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Steve Lemke

By Dr. Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology, Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, and Editor of the Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptist Identity, BF&M, Calvinism, Doctrine, SBC, SBC Issues, SBC Perspective | 85 Comments