According to the Hendersonville Times-News, A panel for the Southern Baptist Convention recommended Monday that its leadership endorse a new, add-on description for the denomination — “Great Commission Baptists” — but stopped short of a complete, legal name change.
Officials described the new term as a way to give an official, sanctioned identity to affiliated churches and believers who don’t want to use the term “Southern.”
Convention President Bryant Wright and other church leaders are concerned that the Southern Baptist name is too regional and impedes the evangelistic faith’s efforts to spread the Gospel worldwide.
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