Committee of Fifteen files, 1957-1976.

Southern Baptist Convention

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Agencies of the Southern Baptist Convention created charters in an effort to establish their authority, purpose, organizational structure and governmental requirements. From the description of Charters, 1907-1928. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 244247149 At 1992 annual session of the Southern Baptist Convention, James L. Holly proposed a resolution recommending a study of Freemasonry. Holly believed that the principles and rituals of Freemasonry made ...

Southern Baptist Convention. Brotherhood Commission

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The Brotherhood Commission is an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Commission develops programs of work involving men and boys in missions. Brotherhood work began an a national organization among Southern Baptists in 1907 in Richmond, Virginia as the Layman's Missionary Movement. The name was changed in 1926 to the Baptist Brotherhood of the South. In 1938 its headquarters were moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and in 1950 it assumed its present name, the Brotherhood Commission. ...

Southern Baptist Convention. Southern Baptist Foundation.

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Southern Baptist Convention. Stewardship Commission

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The Stewardship Commission, organized in 1960, was an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention whose purpose focused on three areas of work: (1) Program of Cooperative Program promotion, (2) Program of Stewardship Development, and, (3) Program of Endowment and Capital Giving promotion. In 1997 the Stewardship Commission was dissolved. From the description of Records, 1949-1997. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 39302327 ...

Southern Baptist Convention. Christian Life Commission

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The Christian Life Commission is a Southern Baptist Convention agency that provides scriptural analysis on current social issues and moral responsibilities of the Christian life. Housed in the Southern Baptist Convention Building in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1947 the Commission succeeded the Social Services Commision that started in 1913. In 1997, the Christian Life Commission was renamed the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission to describe its focus on religious liberty and church/state relat...

Southern Baptist Convention. Historical Commission

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Price, E. W., Jr.

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Routh, Porter Wroe, 1911-1987.

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Southern Baptist Convention. Home Mission Board

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The Home Mission Board began work in Cuba in 1886. Work in the country expanded for about a decade, but by the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, nearly all mission activity had been demoralized. At the close of the war, the Board entered an agreement with the American Baptist Home Mission Society under which the eastern half of Cuba was transferred to the Society and the SBC's Home Mission Board retained the western half. Southern Baptist work in Western Cuba flourished through the 1950s....

Southern Baptist Convention. Sunday School Board

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The Office of Communications serves as the public relations office for the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and serves as a branch office for Baptist Press. From the description of News releases, 1973-1980 [microform]. (LIFEWAY CHRISTIAN RESOURCES). WorldCat record id: 18065795 The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention opened in 1891 to serve as the publication and educational agency for Southern Baptists. The Board has been located in ...

Southern Baptist Convention. Foreign Mission Board

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The Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, now the International Mission Board, was founded in 1845 as the mission sending agency for foreign missions. In the 1940's the Board began to produce audio programs and make recordings of events, services, and interviews, related to the work of the Board. From the description of Audio collection, 1949-1988. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 439018494 The Foreign Mission Board was established i...

Southern Baptist Convention. Annuity Board.

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Southern Baptist Convention. Woman's Missionary Union

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The Woman's Missionary Union was organized in 1888 as an auxilary to the Southern Baptist Convention. The major purpose of WMU has been to raise funds for mission causes and to educate Southern Baptists about the cause of missions. The WMU is headquarters in Birmingham, AL. From the description of Collection, 1902-1997 (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 38838863 The Woman's Missionary Union was established in 1888 as an auxiliary to the Southern Baptist C...

Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs

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The Baptist Joint Committee began in 1936 as the Committee on Public Relations. In 1946 the committee established offices in Washington, D.C., and became the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs. In 2005, the BJC name changed to the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty to more accurately reflect our singular focus on religious liberty issues. Serving 15 Baptist bodies, the Baptist Joint Committee is a non-profit 501(c)(3) education and advocacy organization that has worked for more...

Southern Baptist Convention. Education Commission.

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Southern Baptist Convention. Executive Committee

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Committee appointed by the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1970 to review Convention agency assignments made in the 1959 report of the Committee to Study the Total Southern Baptist Program. Fifteen member committee met 21 times between 1970 and 1973 and reported its findings to the 1974 Convention. From the description of Committee of Fifteen files, 1957-1976. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 26776895 The Executive Committee of...

Southern Baptist Convention. Radio and Television Commission

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The Radio and Television Commission, founded in 1938, was an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention responsible for sharing the Christian faith through radio and television. The Commission was merged with the North American Mission Board in 1997. From the description of Minutes [microform] 1939-1976. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 48043194 ...