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Resolution On The Autonomy Of Baptist Churches And General Baptist Bodies (Southern Baptist Convention, 1992)

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The Southern Baptist Convention's own 1992 resolution affirming that neither local Baptist churches nor general Baptist bodies, including the Convention itself, hold coercive authority over one another.

Facts
Citation
Publisher
Southern Baptist Convention
Publication Year
1992
URL
https://www.sbc.net/resource-library/resolutions/resolution-on-the-autonomy-of-baptist-churches-and-general/
Source Type
institutional announcement
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
Tier 1: the Convention's own adopted resolution, read in full at its hosted address. States that general Baptist bodies, the Convention itself included, are "fully autonomous, each 'independent in its own sphere,' and thus beyond the coercion of any other body or local church," and that a local congregation is "free from any power of coercion by other local churches or any general Baptist body."
Custodian
Custodian Source
Yes
Custodian Body
Southern Baptist Convention
Custodian Basis
The Convention's own adopted resolution, published on its own site.
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Baptist, Denominations

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Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 10 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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