BAPTIST HISTORY

I. THE ANTI-MISSION MOVEMENT

A. CAUSES

B. LEADERS

1. John Taylor

2. Daniel Parker

C. THE CAMPBELLITE CONTROVERSY (THOMAS AND ALEXANDER)

D. THE PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS

E. JOHN LELAND

II. FURTHER THEOLOGICAL CONFLICTS

A. LORD’S SUPPER

B. NEW COVENANT LEGALISM

C. MILLERISM – WILLIAM MILLER (1782-1849)

D. NORTH-SOUTH SHIFT STARTS (1814-1845)

1. Northern churches wanted control

2. SLAVERY: Driving Force or Prime Example?

E. BAPTISTS SPLITS AND SHIFTS

III. FORMATION OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION

A. THE SLAVE QUESTION

B. OTHER FACTORS

1. Sectionalism

2. Political loyalties

C. EVILS OF SLAVERY AND ABOLITIONISM

D. LATE 18TH CENTURY THROUGH 1830

E. AFTER 1830

IV. CIRCUMSTANCES DIRECTLY LEADING TO FORMING THE SBC

A. TENSION IN THE TRIENNIAL

1. 1841 Triennial

2. 1844 Triennial (final straw)

B. FORMING THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION

1. Purpose

2. Reasons

“You will separate of course. I could not ask otherwise. Your rights have been infringed. I will take the liberty of offering one or two suggestions. We have shown how Christians ought not to act. It remains for you to show us how they ought to act. Put away all violence, act with dignity and firmness and the world will approve your course.”

C. MISSIONARY VISION OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION