[af_vet_1981]

How does "conservative Baptists" not include IFB churches?

I thought you would know that more about that than me than me.

The short answer is conservative Baptist is used to describe Baptists which are in conventions that Independent and Fundamentalist regard as more Evangelical than Independent and Fundamental, ie., SBC or CBA.

Their characteristics are particularly due to two dividing lines—Fundamentalism and the means of denominational operation. Their Fundamentalism has made them strongly confessional, stressing both the fundamentals of the faith and dispensational premillennialism. They militantly oppose theological Liberalism and regard separation from groups which tolerate it as “redemptive.” Their condemnation of convention organizations and their emphasis on local church autonomy have led them to reject centralized denominational organizations. They have established general associations of churches with separate mission and educational organizations or pastor-led fellowships.

Because of their militancy, they have been prone to division. The Conservative Baptist Association, which began as a separatist fundamentalist group (today considered a conservative evangelical body), experienced division when a more militant group left, which today exists in nine separate regional fellowships or associations. The World Baptist Fellowship has experienced two divisions—the Baptist Bible Fellowship International separated in 1950, and the Independent Baptist Fellowship International in 1984.

Conservative Baptists is a name used to describe members of the Conservative Baptist Association of America (an association formed in 1947 at Atlantic City, New Jersey), used loosely as the larger "Conservative Baptist Movement", or used as a description of Baptists that hold a "conservative" viewpoint of theology in contrast to "liberals". The terminology is often applied to members of the Southern Baptist Convention, whose recent history has seen a struggle between "conservatives" and "moderates".

[daniel1212]

thought you would know that more about that than me than me. The short answer is conservative Baptist is used to describe Baptists which are in conventions that Independent and Fundamentalist regard as more Evangelical than Independent and Fundamental, ie., SBC or CBA.

I am well aware that IFBs consider Baptists such as the SBC are liberal yet the fact is they most certainly fall under the category of conservative Baptists, regardless if some parties may seem to exclude IFB as being referred to conservative Baptists. They certainly are not liberal or moderates.

Yet they are so relatively small that excluding them was inconsequential to my statement, and if you think otherwise then go back to that thread.