Collection, 1979-1988

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Collection, 1979-1988

The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, clippings, notes, and programs. The material chronicles Adrian Rogers' two terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. The collection focuses on relations between various Southern Baptist Convention agencies, including the Executive Committee, Home Mission Board, Foreign Mission Board, and Sunday School Board. The correspondence consists of congratulatory letters and letters relating to events in Southern Baptist life. The major topics and issues included in the papers are: missions, the Cooperative Program, finance, budgets, the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, and the expansion of the Sunday School Board facilities.

3 linear ft.

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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

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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 ...

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. 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. 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...

Rogers, Adrian, 1931-2005.

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Southern Baptist minister and denominational leader. A two-time president of the Southern Baptist Convention, serving from 1979-1980 and 1986-1988. In 1972, Rogers became pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. Over the next thirty-two years, Bellevue's congregation grew from 8,700 to nearly 29,000. As minister to one of the premiere Baptist churches, Rogers traveled extensively as an evangelist and Bible teacher. In 1987, Rogers formed Love Worth Finding Ministries, a radio and...