Southern Baptist Convention Churches

Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

Southern Baptists inherit a radical Reformation perspective on the Lord's Supper and baptism that understands these sacred actions as ordinances and memorials. However a worship renewal movement among Southern Baptists has emphasized the presence of Christ in the faith of the recipient of the ordinance. Thus, ordinances are to be understood as vividly enacted symbols in worship that become powerful invitations for the worshiper to enter the saving sphere of God's gracious activity in the...

 

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