Exiled: Voices of the Southern Baptist Convention Holy WarIt has been one of the major news stories in religion and culture of the past twenty-five years. From 1979 to 1995, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) was rocked by assaults on its leadership by fundamentalists, who used questionable tactics to gain top positions and then used their power to purge Baptist seminary presidents and professors, church pastors, lay leaders, and women from positions of responsibility. America's largest Christian, non-Catholic denomination is firmly locked in a holy war to secure its churches and membership for a never-ending struggle against a liberal culture. Exiled: Voices of the Southern Baptist Convention Holy War is a compilation of first-person narratives by conservative and moderate ministers and lay leaders who were stripped of their positions and essentially became pariahs in the churches to which they had devoted their lives. While other books have described the takeover in historical, political, and theological terms, Exiled is different. Individual people tell their personal stories, revealing the struggle and heartache that resulted from being vilified, dispossessed, and exiled. Kell includes a variety of perspectives--from lay preachers and church members to prominent former SBC leaders such as James Dunn and Carolyn Crumpler. The emotion captured on the pages--sadness, shock, disbelief, resignation, and anger--will make Exiled moving even to readers who know little about the Southern Baptist movement. Exiled will also be of particular interest to historians, sociologists, philosophers of religion, and rhetorical historians. |
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But the measure not taken has been the human toll . The denomination was entirely too dear to many of us . We know that now . Our churches were more than just the places we worshiped . They were the center of our lives , our social ...
But the measure not taken has been the human toll . The denomination was entirely too dear to many of us . We know that now . Our churches were more than just the places we worshiped . They were the center of our lives , our social ...
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I AM NOT CYNICAL ABOUT DENOMINATION One of the major consequences of the wars is a sort of pulling back from denomination . One pastor told me , “ I used to have heart for a denomina- tion ; I got burned .
I AM NOT CYNICAL ABOUT DENOMINATION One of the major consequences of the wars is a sort of pulling back from denomination . One pastor told me , “ I used to have heart for a denomina- tion ; I got burned .
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I'm not cynical about denomination , and I wish moderates would come together and make a larger ( not necessarily stronger ) denomination . I HAVE A HEART FOR MODERATE BAPTIST CAUSES Lost on most people is the amazing creativity of ...
I'm not cynical about denomination , and I wish moderates would come together and make a larger ( not necessarily stronger ) denomination . I HAVE A HEART FOR MODERATE BAPTIST CAUSES Lost on most people is the amazing creativity of ...
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A PERSONAL ADVENTURE | 17 |
A TRUSTEE WHO COULD NO LONGER TRUST | 21 |
NO MORE KNOCKIN | 29 |
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