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Southern Baptist

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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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She had grown up an all-in Southern Baptist who went to church “anytime the doors were open.”

From Slate May 4, 2026

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 a memoir, “This Boy’s Faith: Notes from a Southern Baptist Upbringing.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

The Southern Baptist Mission League gave us this hint, without coming right out and telling us to flout the law of the forty-four pounds, and from there we made our plan.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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