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    Southern Baptist panel recommends add-on 'descriptor' name: Great Commission Baptists

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A panel for the Southern Baptist Convention has recommended that its leadership approve a new, add-on description for the denomination, though it wouldn't be a legal name change.

    It would be "Great Commission Baptists."

    Officials described it as a way to give an official, sanctioned identity to affiliated churches and believers who don't want to use the term "Southern."

    SBC President Bryant Wright, has said he is concerned that the "Southern" name is too regional and hinders the faith's effort to expand.

    The panel rejected a complete name change, citing the legal costs and difficulties. They also noted the positive associations many hold with the Southern Baptist name, such as its disaster relief organization.

     

    39 comments

    • SchnauzerGirl  •  3 mths ago
      changing a name doesn't change who you are.
    • TJ  •  3 mths ago
      Late for a name change now .............Newt G. already left!
    • Trust Who  •  3 mths ago
      A name change will not help a thing. God still knows who and what you are!
    • Mr Everyman  •  3 mths ago
      I suggested some possible names and got thumbs up ratings. I mentioned changing some policies and got thumbs down responses. The name "Southern" does echo a regional past of slavery. It hinders a "Great Commission." The policies on women, gays and, abortion do the same. Action toward all us spirits being equal is a good start.
    • frank  •  3 mths ago
      "Great Commission Baptists." by another name is still
    • Tom Triumph  •  Oak Ridge, Tennessee  •  3 mths ago
      Pretty ridiculous.
    • lovingme  •  3 mths ago
      oh please! this name change does not change the minds, and actions of those involved.
    • violet  •  3 mths ago
      A rose by any other name is still a rose. Only this rose stinks.
    • Reich Wing ReTard  •  3 mths ago
      Every Southern Baptist I've ever known's been a good person, open-minded & fun to be around. Unlike their church. My name suggestion: Southern Baptists: "We take the "Fun" out of Fundamentalism"
    • indy  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Talibabtist, perfect!
    • gio  •  3 mths ago
      great commission instead of the 10% they ask people to give--they want a higher commission pay up you gullible fools
      • kenneth 3 mths ago
        Well tipping is usually 20% maybe they feel they're being gypt.
    • No Hate  •  3 mths ago
      So now, when member churches come to their senses, leaving the "mother-ship" as they realize the true extent it's bigotry, they can officially be called "DECOMISSIONED Baptist churches".

      Name calling is what it's all about, right? "We can seem holier than thou, if we dis' you enough". Just like the bully children on the playground. And to think, we let them all do it tax-free! No wonder this country is flat broke.
    • Attila  •  3 mths ago
      I have known lots of Southern Baptist folks. Some I liked and some I didn't. Just like the other denominations.
    • abhorrent behavior  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  3 mths ago
      good super heroe name...."The Descriptor"!!
    • Dale  •  3 mths ago
      Whats wring with southern? It brings up civil war connotations of slavery segregation and hate. That makes it very descriptive.
    • SeaJay  •  3 mths ago
      You have my permission.......Go for it...........
    • Gerald B  •  Galveston, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      So religion is all about money. The more members, the Greater their Commission.
      • Mr. Ro 3 mths ago
        Ummmmm.....the "Great Commission" is "Go into all the world and make disciples of all men, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" -Matthew 28:19. Has nothing to do with money.
    • stanleyl  •  3 mths ago
      imbreeders
      • Mr. Ro 3 mths ago
        Uneducated people who can't spell inbreeders.
      • Mr. Ro 3 mths ago
        Must be a product of Liberal public schooling.
    • MK23  •  3 mths ago
      Slaveholding Baptists.
    • david d  •  Fresno, California  •  3 mths ago
      Years ago the Northern Baptist Convention, the abolitionists, grabbed the name American Baptists, so that's taken. Continuing to use "Southern" in any form tells the world that ya'll believe in slavery. Isn't it time to make a real change? Why not "National Baptist Convention" or "United Baptists of the United States" or maybe even consider merging with the A.B.C.?
      • Dingus 3 mths ago
        How about "Baptist"?
      • John S 3 mths ago
        Southern Baptist has NOTHING to do with slavery. My church has many members of several different races, all of whom are respected and valued.
      • elf101 3 mths ago
        National Baptists are already taken as well. Herman Cain is one.
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