Southern Baptist Convention Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Name == The official name is the ''Southern Baptist Convention''. The word ''Southern'' in "Southern Baptist Convention" stems from its having been organized in 1845 in [[Augusta, Georgia]], by white Baptists in the [[Southern United States]] who supported [[Slavery in the United States|continuing the institution of slavery]] and [[schism|split from]] the [[American Baptist Churches USA|northern Baptists]] (known today as the [[American Baptist Churches USA]]), who did not support funding slave-holding evangelists from the South.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Racism-and-the-Legacy-of-Slavery-Report-v4.pdf#page=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220194550/http://www.sbts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Racism-and-the-Legacy-of-Slavery-Report-v4.pdf |archive-date=2018-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Report on Slavery and Racism in the History of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary|publisher=Southern Baptist Theological Seminary|date=December 2018|access-date=July 29, 2019}}</ref> In 2012, the organization adopted the descriptor ''Great Commission Baptists'' after the election of its first [[African Americans|African American]] president.<ref name=":7" /> Additionally, in 2020, some leaders of the Southern Baptists wanted to change its name to "Great Commission Baptists" to distance itself from its white supremacist foundation, and because it is no longer a specifically Southern church. Several churches affiliated with the denomination have also begun to identify as "Great Commission Baptists".<ref name="name change" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Prominent Southern Baptists are dropping 'Southern' name amid racial unrest |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/09/15/southern-baptist-name-great-commission-baptist/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2020-09-17 |title='Great Commission Baptists': New Signs that Southern Baptists Are Gearing Up for a Big Name Change |url=https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/2020/september/great-commission-baptists-new-signs-that-southern-baptists-are-gearing-up-for-a-big-name-change |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=CBN News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Banks |first=Adelle M. |date=2020-09-16 |title=Southern Baptists warm to alternate moniker 'Great Commission Baptists' |url=https://religionnews.com/2020/09/16/southern-baptists-warm-to-moniker-great-commission-baptists/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Religion News Service |language=en-US}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page