[Gamecock]

This group belongs to the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship. From the KBF website:

2. Why does CBF exist?

During the ‘70's and ‘80's, the Southern Baptist Convention moved more and more toward Fundamentalism. In 1990, the moderate Baptists, whose voice had been stifled in SBC gatherings, held a conference in Atlanta to discuss the possibility of forming a separate organization. The basic disagreement centered on three things: 1) a hierarchical structure that threatened to erase equality among Baptists; 2) an interpretation of scripture that denied the possibility that God might call women to pastoral roles; and 3) an insistence that the Bible be held to a strict literalist interpretation, denying the right of the individual to draw conclusions about scripture based on his/her own prayerful study. The support for a separate organization was overwhelming, and in 1991, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship was born. For more information, see thefellowship.info.

[Alex Murphy]

This group belongs to the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship. From the KBF website:

2. Why does CBF exist?

During the ‘70's and ‘80's, the Southern Baptist Convention moved more and more toward Fundamentalism. In 1990, the moderate Baptists, whose voice had been stifled in SBC gatherings, held a conference in Atlanta to discuss the possibility of forming a separate organization. The basic disagreement centered on three things: 1) a hierarchical structure that threatened to erase equality among Baptists; 2) an interpretation of scripture that denied the possibility that God might call women to pastoral roles; and 3) an insistence that the Bible be held to a strict literalist interpretation, denying the right of the individual to draw conclusions about scripture based on his/her own prayerful study. The support for a separate organization was overwhelming, and in 1991, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship was born. For more information, see thefellowship.info.

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