Journey of Faith & Community (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780881466133)

Established amid adversity in 1817, the First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia, ranks among the most important congregations in Southern history for having birthed the Southern Baptist Convention in 1845. A JOURNEY OF FAITH AND COMMUNITY offers new insight into the surprising role First Baptist Church of Augusta played in the formation of the Souths now-largest denomination. Yet in a manner unusual for Baptist churches of the Deep South and in part reflective of the ethos of Augusta, the First Baptist congregation maintained significant relationships with Northern (American) Baptists into the twentieth century. Exemplifying the progressively conservative nature and rapid growth of early to mid-twentieth century urban Southern Baptist life, the church in the decades following dissented from a theologically-calcifying SBC by ordaining women to ministry, welcoming holistic ministry and missions, and transitioning into primarily a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship congregation.

Author: Bruce T. Gourley
ISBN-10: 0881466131
ISBN-13: 9780881466133
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/21/2017
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.30d