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Drove past my local Baptist church yesterday and noted that it is in the middle of a major “rebranding” – new name (nowhere mentioning the word “Baptist”), new logo, new slogan, the whole nine-yards of church marketing. What was once the biggest church in the area has been in decline for a long time now and California’s pandemic shutdowns turned decline precipitous.
But there is more to the story. If you do not follow denominational politics like I do, and most people don’t, you are probably unaware of the fact that the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Baptist denomination, has been busy ripping itself to shreds for a number of years now. It has become a pretty standard story. Liberals come in and challenge long standing,...
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