Southern Baptist

American  

noun

1. a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.

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Southern Baptist

Footage showed a chaotic scene unfolding inside the church, which belongs to the Southern Baptist Convention, as protesters and members of the congregation shout at each other.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

I can only speculate, but the answer likely lies in the quiet rules that many proud, image-conscious Southern Baptist families carried for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Religion also had to be brought into the mix, which involved a massive purge of the Southern Baptist church, effectively turning that demonination’s moral and theological identity upside down, as Maxwell and I discussed:

From Salon ● May 10, 2025

This perspective has gained support within the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant body in the United States, which has adopted resolutions rife with abolitionist language.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2024

Cabot Searcy, having been raised in a Southern Baptist church in Georgia, had little knowledge of this text before this first encounter.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley