The Takeover in the Southern Baptist Convention: A Brief History

History of the struggle in the 1970's-1990's within the Southern Baptist Convention to redirect or takeover the SBC along "fundamentalist" lines.

CONTENTS:
Baptist beginnings
Two visions in conflict
The question about fundamentalism
What the controversy is about
The campaign begins: Houston, 1979
Going for the jugular
The anatomy of a takeover
The committee that might have been: The 1985 Dallas SBC
Stepping stones to the "inerrancy controversy"
Is inerrancy the real issue?
All about Eve: Kansas City, 1984
The first board is taken over
A Southern Baptist Creed? The 1987 St. Louis SBC
The pastor as Pope: The 1988 San Antonio SBC
The battle for the seminaries
Southern Baptist colleges and universities
Church and state: BJC under siege
A new moral agenda
The Sunday School Board
Editors under fire
Independent Baptist papers
Foreign Mission Board
The alliance of Baptists
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Smyth & Helwys
Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society
1993 Southern Baptist Convention: Houston
SBC elects Henry, rejects CBF funds: 1994 Orlando SBC