A Mixed-Methods Study of the Variables that Influence Southern Baptists’ Affirmation of the Inerrancy of the Bible

David A. McGee

A Mixed-Methods Study of the Variables that Influence Southern Baptists’ Affirmation of the Inerrancy of the Bible

School of Divinity

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Abstract

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) had discovered by the late 1970s that belief in the inerrancy of the Bible was not consistently affirmed by their leadership. After a twenty year battle, the SBC attempted to clarify the doctrine of inerrancy through the Baptist Faith and Message 2000. A mixed-method analysis was conducted by surveying 502 Florida Southern Baptist (FSB) church members with a 68-question survey instrument to determine the degree to which they affirmed the doctrine of inerrancy. The study revealed that a large percentage of FSB church members affirmed the doctrine, but the underlining beliefs were not always consistently acknowledged.

Original language	American English
Journal	Christian Perspectives in Education
Volume	7
Issue number	1
State	Accepted/In press - Dec 2014

Keywords

Inerrancy
Southern Baptists
Scripture
Genesis

Disciplines

Biblical Studies
Christian Denominations and Sects
History of Christianity
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Social Statistics

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A Mixed-Methods Study of the Variables that Influence Southern Baptists’ Affirmation of the Inerrancy of the Bible

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