Inside or Outside of the Big tent?

Baptists test limits of big-tent diversity

RNS' Adelle M. Banks explores the divisions and common causes among Baptists in her analysis of the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant, in this week's full text article, linked above.

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Over the years, Baptists have splintered over a host of issues, including race (North vs. South), theology (conservatives vs. liberals and moderates) and ideology (Southern Baptists vs. the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship). Black Baptists, too, have split amongst themselves over internal disagreements.