Southern Baptist Convention

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Baptist denomination Christian denomination Protestant denomination religious organization

The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, known for its evangelical theology, congregational governance, and influential role in American religious and political life.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Southern Baptist Convention canonical	49
Southern Baptist	9
Southern Baptist churches	6
Southern Baptism	1
Southern Baptist (approximate)	1
Southern Baptist (state convention level)	1
Southern Baptist Convention Cooperative Program	1
Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting	1
Southern Baptist religious traditions	1
Southern Baptists	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baptist denomination ⓘ Christian denomination ⓘ Protestant denomination ⓘ religious organization ⓘ
affiliationType	voluntary cooperation of autonomous churches ⓘ
associatedMovement	New Right ⓘ surface form: Religious Right conservative resurgence ⓘ
confessionalDocument	Baptist Faith and Message ⓘ
confessionalRevision	Baptist Faith and Message ⓘ surface form: Baptist Faith and Message 2000
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
denominationalFamily	Baptists ⓘ surface form: Baptist
doctrine	Trinitarianism ⓘ believer's baptism by immersion ⓘ biblical inerrancy ⓘ salvation by grace through faith ⓘ
foundingDate	1845 ⓘ
foundingPlace	Augusta, Georgia ⓘ
fundingModel	Cooperative Program giving ⓘ
governanceType	congregational ⓘ
governingBody	annual meeting of messengers ⓘ
hasAgency	Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission ⓘ GuideStone Financial Resources ⓘ International Mission Board ⓘ Lifeway Christian Resources ⓘ North American Mission Board ⓘ
hasFacedControversy	race and slavery legacy ⓘ sexual abuse scandals ⓘ
hasProgram	Cooperative Program ⓘ
hasSeminarySystem	Southern Baptist seminaries ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Nashville ⓘ surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
influences	American politics ⓘ American religious life ⓘ
isLargest	largest Protestant denomination in the United States ⓘ
issuedResolution	1995 resolution on racial reconciliation ⓘ
leadershipRole	Executive Committee ⓘ president ⓘ
legalStatus	nonprofit religious corporation ⓘ
membershipEstimate	over 13 million members ⓘ
membershipUnit	member churches ⓘ
missionFocus	church planting ⓘ global evangelism ⓘ
numberOfCongregations	over 45,000 churches ⓘ
operatesInstitution	Gateway Seminary ⓘ Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary ⓘ New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary ⓘ Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ⓘ Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary ⓘ The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary ⓘ
organizationalStructure	associations ⓘ local churches ⓘ national convention ⓘ state conventions ⓘ
originatedFrom	Triennial Convention ⓘ
periodOfConservativeResurgence	late 1970s to 1990s ⓘ
polity	congregationalist polity ⓘ
positionOnAbortion	opposes abortion in most cases ⓘ
positionOnLGBTClergy	does not affirm LGBT clergy ⓘ
positionOnSameSexMarriage	opposes same-sex marriage ⓘ
positionOnWomenPastors	restricts office of pastor to men ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
reasonForFormation	dispute over slavery and missionary appointments ⓘ
regionServed	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
separatedFrom	Triennial Convention ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	conservative evangelical ⓘ evangelical ⓘ
worshipStyle	varies from traditional to contemporary ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Protestantism → hasOrganization → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Jimmy Carter → religion → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist

Hannibal–LaGrange University → denominationalAffiliation → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist (state convention level)

Baptists → hasSubgroup → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptists

California Baptist University → religiousAffiliation → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist

Central Mississippi → hasCulturalInfluence → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist religious traditions

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary → affiliation → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary → parentOrganization → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Earl Stallings → religiousDenomination → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist (approximate)

North Carolina Baptist Convention → affiliation → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Missouri Baptist Convention → denomination → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Charleston Southern University → religiousAffiliation → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

William Franklin Graham Jr. → denomination → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Trent Lott → religion → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist

Northern Baptist Convention → separatedFrom → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Triennial Convention → followedBy → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Baptist Faith and Message → denomination → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Baptist Faith and Message → adoptedBy → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Baptist Faith and Message 1925

Baptist Faith and Message → adoptedBy → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Baptist Faith and Message 1963

Baptist Faith and Message → adoptedBy → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Baptist Faith and Message 2000

Executive Committee → partOf → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention

Executive Committee → jurisdiction → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention

Executive Committee → affiliatedWith → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist churches

International Mission Board → religiousDenomination → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

International Mission Board → parentOrganization → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

International Mission Board → foundedBy → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

International Mission Board → affiliation → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist churches

International Mission Board → fundingSource → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist churches

Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission → denomination → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission → parentOrganization → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Lifeway Christian Resources → affiliation → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Lifeway Christian Resources → religiousTradition → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist

GuideStone Financial Resources → affiliatedWith → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Cooperative Program → affiliation → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Cooperative Program → sponsor → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Cooperative Program → religiousDenomination → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist

Cooperative Program → fundingSource → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist churches

Cooperative Program → governance → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting

Cooperative Program → establishedBy → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Southern Baptist seminaries → affiliatedWith → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Southern Baptist seminaries → governedBy → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

Southern Baptist seminaries → fundingSource → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist Convention Cooperative Program

Southern Baptist seminaries → targetConstituency → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Baptist churches

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary → denomination → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary → governingBody → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary → isFlagshipInstitutionOf → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary → religiousAffiliation → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary → foundedBy → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ

North American Mission Board → parentOrganization → Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ