Southern Baptist identity
Subtitle: an Evangelical denomination faces the future
By: edited by David S. Dockery ; with Gregory A. Thornbury and Charles A. Fowler.
Contributors: Dockery, David S.; Thornbury, Gregory Alan.; Fowler, Charles A.
Publisher: Crossway Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Wheaton, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781433506796
Subjects: Southern Baptist Convention
Description: Sixteen Southern Baptist leaders address key issues of theology, polity, and practice to ascertain the future of the Southern Baptist Convention in particular and evangelicalism in general. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Southern Baptists in the 21st century / David S. Dockery; title: Theological and historical perspectives; title: Baptist identity : is there a future? / R. Albert Mohler; title: Southern Baptist identity : a theological perspective / R. Stanton Norman; title: Southern Baptist identity : a historical perspective / Gregory A. Wills; title: Is Jesus a Baptist? / Timothy George; title: Learning from nineteenth century Baptists / Russell D. Moore; title: Learning from the Anabaptists / Paige Patterson; title: The roots of Baptist beliefs / James Leo Garrett; title: Ministry and convention perspectives; title: Axioms of a cooperating Southern Baptist / Morris H. Chapman; title: Toward a missional convention / Ed Stetzer; title: The future of the traditional church / Jim Shaddix; title: Evangelism and church growth in the Southern Baptist Convention / Thom S. Rainer; title: The future of state conventions and associations / Mike Day; title: A free church in a free society / Richard Land; title: Priorities for a post-resurgence convention / Nathan A. Finn; title: A future-directed proposal for the Southern Baptist Convention / Daniel L. Akin.