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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Example Sentences

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

Richard Land, a longtime president of the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention who says he has known Huckabee since the late 1970s, has similar concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Cain is a book critic and the author of the memoir “This Boy’s Faith: Notes From a Southern Baptist Upbringing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 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