Test #6

Question 1

What does GARBC stand for?

Answer 1

General Association of Regular Baptist Churches

Question 2

What older organization did the GARBC replace?

Answer 2

The Baptist Bible Union (BBU).

Question 3

What did Ketcham do in 1938 and why?

Answer 3

He changed the structure of the GARBC from a president to a counsel of 14 pastors. This lessened the centralization of control and would hopefully lessen allegations of being Ketcham’s group.

Question 4

How did Ketcham and Van Osdel solve the crisis of whether or not GARBC would be a denomination?

Answer 4

They agreed upon the approval system in which the GARBC would endorse colleges, camps, and even publishing houses, but not run them.

Question 4

How did Ketcham and Van Osdel solve the crisis of whether or not GARBC would be a denomination?

Answer 4

They agreed upon the approval system in which the GARBC would endorse colleges, camps, and even publishing houses, but not run them.

Question 5

What significant GARBC agency has impacted churches across America?

Answer 5

Regular Baptist Press, 1952 (RBP)

Question 6

Who started the Sword of the Lord periodical and soulwinning conferences?

Answer 6

John R. Rice

Question 7

What was John R. Rice’s ministry that enabled him to network with other Fundamentalists around the country?

Answer 7

The deaf ranch of his brother Bill Rice (The Bill Rice Ranch)

Question 8

The BBF (Baptist Bible Fellowship) was formed as a split from what organization?

Answer 8

J. Frank Norris’ World Baptist Fellowship in 1950

Question 9

What college was started by the BBF, and where is it located?

Answer 9

Baptist Bible College of Springfield MO, 1950

Question 10

Who helped Vick get into full-time ministry?

Answer 10

J. Frank Norris

Question 11

Where did Vick pastor for 25 years, and what school did he lead?

Answer 11

Temple Baptist Church, Detroit MI, Bible Baptist Seminary, Fort Worth

Question 12

Who was the leader of the Minnesota Baptists after the death of Riley?

Answer 12

Richard V. Clearwaters

Question 13

What two schools was Clearwaters associated with?

Answer 13

Central Baptist Theological Seminary and Pillsbury Baptist Bible College

Question 14

Who was the first president of Pillsbury, and in what ministry did this man make his main mark on Fundamentalism?

Answer 14

Monroe (Monk) Parker, Baptist World Mission

Question 15

What became the new name of the Fundamentalist Fellowship in 1946?

Answer 15

Conservative Baptist Fellowship

Question 16

What did this organization do that angered the liberals in the NBC?

Answer 16

They supported liberal missionaries with money from conservatives.

Question 17

What new organization did the conservative pastors start in 1947, and what institution did it start in 1950?

Answer 17

The Conservative Baptist Association of America, Denver Seminary

Question 18

Who was the general director of the CBA of A for over 15 years? How did he respond to the drift of the CBA into non-separatism?

Answer 18

B. Myron Cedarholm. After trying to save the CBA, he eventually left.

Question 19

Who was the second president of Pillsbury, and what led to the establishment of Maranatha Baptist Bible College?

Answer 19

B. Myron Cedarholm

Question 20

What different directions did the CBF and CBA of A take in the late 1950s and early 1960s?

Answer 20

Hardliners – Cedarholm
More Conservative
Softliners – Denver Seminary
More New Evangelical

Question 21

What is ecumenical evangelism, and what is the basic issue that separated hardliners from soft-liners?

Answer 21

Not criticising any churches that hosted him and trying to bring them all together to an extent. How to respond to Billy Graham and his methods.

Question 22

Why did the hardliners abandon the CBA of A, and where did most of them go?

Answer 22

It was getting more and more liberal. Most of them went to the CBF. CBA supported Billy Graham.

Question 23

What did the CBF become in 1967?

Answer 23

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship (FBF)

Question 24

Who founded Bob Jones College, and what was his background?

Answer 24

Bob Jones Sr. His father was a methodist and his mother was a primitive (strong) Baptist.

Question 25

What has been the capital of nondenominational Fundamentalism in America?

Answer 25

Bob Jones University

Question 26

Who was pastor of a mega-church in Chattanooga, TN? What group did he separate from?

Answer 26

Lee Roberson. He separated his church from the SBC (Southern Baptist Convention).

Question 27

What school and fellowship of churches did he start?

Answer 27

Tennessee Temple University and the Temple Baptist Seminary. Fellowship of Southern IB churches.

Question 28

What are the positive and negative sources of the New Evangelicalism?

Answer 28

• Positively
  o Desire for widespread evangelism
• Negatively
  o Rejection of Fundamentalist separatism

Question 29

What was the NAE, and what was its purpose?

Answer 29

NAE = National Association of Evangelicals
O Political action group for conservative Christians 1942
O Transdenominational
O Fundamentalists involved

Question 30

31. Who was the first president of the both the NAE and Fuller Theological Seminary?

Answer 30

Harold J. Ockenga (1905-85)

Question 31

What phrase did he coin in 1948? What were the three reasons he gave for needing this new idea?

Answer 31

O “We need a new evangelicalism”
O “Wrong attitude” toward non-orthodoxy
O “Wrong strategy” of separatism
O “Wrong results” in its battles with liberalism

Question 32

What were the four points of the Modesto Manifesto, and which one was a Trojan Horse for compromise?

Answer 32

• Modesto Manifesto 1948
  o Money
  o Morality
  o Publicity
  o Local church
   Trojan Horse for compromise

Question 33

What became the watershed between Fundamentalists and Evangelicals?

Answer 33

Billy Graham and his ministry

Question 34

What were the four key agencies of the New Evangelism?

Answer 34

Four Agencies
O National Association of Evangelicals
O Fuller Theological Seminary
O Christianity Today
O Billy Graham Evangelistic Team

Question 35

What were the eight characteristics of the New Evangelism mentioned in 1956?

Answer 35

O Christian Life magazine, 1956, listed 8 characteristics of the “New Evangelicalism”
1. Friendly attitude toward “Science”’
2. Willingness to re-examine the doctrine of the Holy Spirit
3. Tolerance toward varying eschatological positions
4. Shift from extreme dispensationalism
5. Increased emphasis on scholarship
6. Increased emphasis on social responsibility
7. Willingness to re-examine the doctrine of inspiration (especially, inerrancy)
8. Willingness to “dialogue” with liberal and neo-orthodox Christianity, especially within the mainline denominations

Question 36

What were the positive and negative traits of Billy Graham?

Answer 36

O Positive Traits
O Personally pure
O Man of prayer
O Simple gospel presentations
O Humility (apparently)

O Negative Traits
O Fundamentally pragmatic
O Visit to Soviet Union
O Friendship with John Paul II
O Interview with Robert Schuler
O Inoculated millions
O Marginalized Fundamentalists

Question 37

Discuss Billy Graham, noting the NYC Crusade of 1957

Answer 37

O William Franklin Graham (1918-2018)
O Youth for Christ evangelist 1945-50
O Modesto Manifesto 1948
O Money
O Morality
O Publicity
O Local church
O Trojan Horse for compromise
O Los Angeles Crusade 1949
O London Crusade 1954
O New York City Crusade, 1957
O Protestant Council of NYC – 1700 churches
O Madison Square Garden, May 15 – Sept 1
O Over 2 million attended; about 61,000 inquiries
O Involvement of modernists and neo-orthodox
O Decision card methodology
O Results justify methods

O “Ecumenical evangelism”
O Fundamentalist criticisms
O First priority: glorifying God
O Compromise not necessary for evangelism
O Broadening affiliations
O Watershed between Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism