Why was the Southern Baptist Convention not invited to participate in the New Baptist Covenant? What about the Alliance of Baptists?
While a number of the leaders in the New Baptist Covenant are members of Southern Baptist Churches, and individual Southern Baptists and Southern Baptist congregations are expected to participate in the Celebration, the SBC’s leadership has to date not been involved in this initiative. The original organizations represented in the New Baptist Covenant are members of the North American Baptist Fellowship, an affiliate of the Baptist World Alliance. The Southern Baptist Convention withdrew from membership in the North American Baptist Fellowship and the Baptist World Alliance in 2004. Similarly, attendees will include supporters of the Alliance of Baptist but the organization was not formally invited to participate.
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