FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GREENVILLE

The fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention which began in 1979 caused First Baptist to re-examine its contributions to the Cooperative Program. In 1987 the church sent a resolution to the Southern Baptist Convention protesting the stance taken by the convention of opposing the ordination of women, the de-funding of the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty, and the recent events at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. When the Alliance of Baptists was formed in 1988, First Baptist was a participant and provided leadership. Realizing the fundamentalists had gained complete control of the SBC in 1990, moderate Baptists organized the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship as an alternative. Again, First Baptist Greenville was a part of the vanguard of this effort. In 1998 the Baptist Faith and Message was revised by the SBC to include the statement that "a wife is to submit herself graciously" to her husband. In response to this action, First Baptist Greenville..

Also known as: First Baptist Church Greenville, SC, First Baptist Greenville

Primary location: Greenville United States