drinking Alcohol while being a Southern Baptist is not what it use to be, Baptist in the past wrote into the church covenants to abstain from the sale and consumption of alcohol thinking that alcohol has no redeeming value because some folks tend to overindulge and that is a problem from the biblical stand point, the bible speaks of alcohol being good for the stomach and Jesus making new wine at the wedding celebration. A lot of Churches in the SBC have removed the alcohol mention from their covenants, mine has not but many have.
Interesting about the changes in covenants.
The old joke was that Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah, Protestants don't recognize the pope as the head of the church, and Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store.
“A lot of Churches in the SBC have removed the alcohol mention from their covenants, mine has not but many have.”
I believe it’s still in all Covenants that I’ve seen recently.
“... the sale and use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage” is how I recall it. Used to have it memorized.