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Southern Baptist President Says "Tertiary" Doctrines Should Be Laid Aside for Evangelism and Unity

Many speakers at the 2007 Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting said the denomination needs to lay aside “tertiary” doctrines for the sake of evangelism and unity. The theme was set by SBC president Frank Page, who was re-elected that year to his second term. He called for a passion of reaching the lost rather than infighting and finding faults with others. He said that for “Jesus’ sake, and the sake of His kingdom on earth, we must not make every doctrinal issue a crusade” and “we have no right to judge others with whom we disagree about secondary and tertiary doctrines.” These “secondary” doctrines are things such as Calvinism and non-Calvinism, cessationism and non-cessationism of the apostolic gifts, views on Bible prophecy, and views on women in ministry. The New Testament’s doctrine of unity is... read more >>

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