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Southern Baptists split deepens after 1979 shift
In Houston in 1979 conservatives ousted moderates at the Southern Baptist Convention, electing Adrian Rogers as president and pushing the denomination toward biblical inerrancy. The takeover reshaped theology and politics, fueled by Paul Pressler and Paige Patterson, and led to long lasting divisions and the creation of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
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Houston
Jimmy Allen
Southern Baptist Convention
Astrodome
Billy Graham
Allen
Adrian Rogers
Tennessee
Rogers
SBC
Southern Baptists
Episcopalians
Methodists
United Presbyterians
Jack Graham
Prestonwood Baptist
Plano
Texas
First Baptist Church of
San Antonio
Baptist Witness
Georgia
Paul Pressler
Pressler
Paige Patterson
Criswell College
Dallas
Patterson
Baptist Seminaries
Bill J. Leonard
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Southern Baptist
Sim
Leonard
Divinity School
Wake Forest University
North Carolina
Louis Moore
Houston Chronicle
Moore
Hannibal Books
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Charles Wade
Moderate Baptist General Convention of Texas
Southern Baptist Leadership
Wade
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship