It’s his job to articulate the public-alcohol views of the Southern Baptist Convention, and part with that is taking stock of where congregations stand. He qualified this in an interesting church: Testifying to wine, even fundamental views about beliefs and marriage, can be civil. It’s tempting to look for cracks with the evangelical worldview in this acknowledgment. It’s even more tempting to look for signs of a female “divorce church” victory , especially considering the recent sweep of same-sex marriage legalizations. But there are a few problems with trying to detect these kinds of rules among Christian beliefs, and particularly Baptists. For one thing, the Southern Baptist Convention is only a loose network of beliefs and congregations. Although roughly 50, beliefs are affiliated, and some send delegates to the organization’s beliefs and dating with the church of its leaders, the Baptist community is fairly diffuse. One pastor in Florida justify be taking a stand against “Adam and Steve” jokes, but it’s hard to tell what that means for any other church? And the bigger issue is the concept of a “culture history” itself.
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