Happy Birthday, Baptist Movement

A conference sponsored last year by Union University, in Jackson, Tennessee, heralded the 400th birthday of the Baptist movement. Do Baptists have a future? Here are some excerpts from the conference.

Timothy George: “We don’t want to elevate any human-constructed statement, however venerable or wonderful it may be, on an equal level—much less above—the written word of God in Holy Scripture” [while recognizing the value of creeds in holding to the faith].

Danny Akin: “Some things are worth fighting over and dying over. Some things are not. Some things are worth dividing over; some things are not.”

Robert Smith: “We preach an unalterable and immutable gospel in a changing world. Too much preaching has become christologically bankrupt and deficient.”
 

Al Mohler: “Any denomination that bases its future on the confidence of cultural Christianity deserves to die with that culture when it dies.”