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New poll fuels Southern Baptists' concern over their own name
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Dec 07, 2011 09:23pm |
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| Author | M. Alex Johnson |
| News Date | Thursday, December 8, 2011 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination and spiritual home to two living former presidents of the United States, is researching whether to change its name because of the public's negative associations with the church.
The news is mixed, at best: Forty percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of Southern Baptists, according to survey results released Wednesday by LifeWay Research, the SBC's research foundation.
The survey was conducted after the church's leadership appointed a task force earlier this year to consider the impact of the convention's name on the denomination, which has been associated with such polarizing political figures as the Rev. Jerry Falwell, convicted Watergate conspirator-turned-Baptist minister Charles Colson and television evangelist Pat Robertson. |
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