Hello All,
It has been awhile since I've been able to visit but there have been times when I have thought about you and prayed that God would uphold this ministry.
This morning I signed on and saw this thread and being a Southern Baptist I have to add my thoughts.After my conversion in 1977 I became a SB and as many others who come to faith in a certain denomination carry on without question.Through personal study,encouragement from my pastor and this site the Lord opened my eyes some few years ago to the truth of the scriptures concerning the doctrines of grace.I was fortunate to have a pastor who is also a Calvinist,which is an uncommon event in the SBC.He has recently resigned due to health concerns which leaves me at a crossroads in my spiritual life.
The "Traditionalists" as they like to be called in the SBC only consider seventy-five years of history in their view of the SBC.They fail to go all the way back to the original founders who were all five point Calvinists.
The drift from Calvinism started between 1900-1920 when EY Mullins was president of Southern Seminary.He introduced the theology of Northern Baptists in his work in the seminary,especially his book on systematic theology.By the 1930's most of older colleges accepted this drift, hence the leaving of the Independent Baptists.Southern Seminary went back to it's roots when Al Mohler became President in 1992.Only Midwestern and Southeastern have followed suite.
I personally cannot accept the findings of the Committee On Calvinism because among other things the statement that says,"God loves all men and desires all to be saved."Futhermore Frank Page's offer to "grant one another liberty" seems to me to be an offer to compromise, to which I have to say," no thanks."
Also, Dr. Eric Hankins who served on the COC was the author of "The Statement of Traditional Southern Baptist Soteriology."

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