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FINDING SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO: THE EFFECT OF THE CONSERVATIVE TAKEOVER OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION ON MINISTERS WHO WOULD NOT CONFORM TO THE NEW LEADERSHIP AND THEOLOGY

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In 1979 conservatives in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) staged a successful coup and gained total control of the denomination. Ministers who were not “loyal to the party in power” either left the new, conservative SBC or were chased away. This thesis uses interviews with W. Randall Lolley, Ginger Barfield, Anna Anderson, Molly Marshall, and Mona West to describe their journeys into and out of the Southern Baptist Convention. Also told is the story of the author, Cindy Savage-King. Included in the thesis is a brief history of the takeover including the reasons conservatives felt a change was necessary and the tactics and methods used to stage the coup. Also included is a discussion about major changes conservatives made to the Southern Baptist statement of faith, the Baptist Faith and Message. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and a member of the committee which drew up BFM2000, is interviewed by the author and responds to questions regarding the changes. The thesis concludes with a discussion of today’s Southern Baptist Convention and its stance regarding certain religious and social issues.

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FINDING SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO: THE EFFECT OF THE CONSERVATIVE TAKEOVER OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION ON MINISTERS WHO WOULD NOT CONFORM TO THE NEW LEADERSHIP AND THEOLOGY

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: ., 2012

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English

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Leadership

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