Final Flashcards
75 Million Campaign
Major fund raising campaign for denominational ministries that was affected by Great Depression and lost money but wasn’t a total failure because it became the foundation for the cooperative program
E.C. Morris
First President of National baptist convention served for 27 years, born into slave family, and was shoe maker before ordained as a baptist minister
John Clifford
Leading progressive in baptist union and argued against compulsory military service as a violation of liberty of conscious
Baptist World Alliance
Volunteer organization to promote fellowship among different baptist groups and advocate baptist principles especially religious Liberty
American Baptist Convention
Formerly northern baptist, local churches are not completely autonomous
E.Y. Mullins
Leading baptist theologian of the era President of SBC, BWA(baptist world alliance) and southern seminary, Argues for Soul competency
Walter Rauschenbush
Pacifist who opposed American intervention in WWI, Formed brotherhood of the kingdom, spoke of baptist convictions through series of essays
William Bell Riley
Founded fundamentalist federation to oppose liberal theology and Minneapolis pastor
Martin Luther King Jr.
Pastor and Civil Rights Activist, ‘I have a dream’, lead MIA
Harry S. Truman
33rd president of US, desegregated US armed forces in 1948
Fred Luter
First African-American SBC president, pastor of Franklin Ave Baptist in NOLA
Adrian Rogers
Popular pastor of Bellevue Baptist in Memphis that was the first elected SBC president of the conservative resurgence in 1979