3 Issues drove Fundementalists to pursue independence in 1930
Doctrinal slide
Denominational Control
Denial of separation
What does GARBC stand for?
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
What did the GARBC replace?
BBU
What did Ketcham do in 1938 and why?
Moved to abolish the office of president and set up a council of 14
How did Ketcham and Van Osdel solve the crisis of whether GARBC would be a denomination?
Approval system: GARBC approves and recommends camps, mission boards, etc., not starts them
What significant GARBC agency impacted American churches?
Regular Baptist Press
BBF was a split from who?
Norris
Who helped Vick get into full time ministry?
Mordecai Ham
Where did Vick pastor for 25 years, and what school did he lead?
Temple Baptist Church, Bible Baptist College
What became the new name of the Fundamentalist Fellowship in 1946?
Conservative Baptist Fellowship
What did the CBF do that angered liberals in the NBC?
Start their own mission boards: CBFMS and CBHMS
What new organization did the conservatives start in 1947 and what new institution did it start in 1950?
CBA of A
Main purpose of CBA
Association to foster conservatism and planting of conservative Baptist Churches
CBF
Fellowship to oppose liberalism in NBC
CBFMS
Foreign missions society
CBHMS
Home mission society
CBA director and his response to drift into non Separatism
Dr. Cedarholm; he resigned
3 main reasons for division among conservative Baptists
Denominationalism - increased centralization
Undermining of Baptist distinctives
Division over Billy Graham
What different directions did the CBF and CBA take in the late 50s and early 60s?
CBF opposed compromise in New Evangelicalism, CBA affirmed it
Ecumenical Evangelism, and the basic issue that separated hardliners from softliners
Compromising non-separatism to advance the gospel; New Evangelicalism
2 organizations founded by Fundementalists when they abandoned the CBA
NTA and FBF
Main leader of NTAIBC
Richard Clearwaters
What are two reasons the NTA and FBF remained separate organizations?
NTA required participation through delegates, which violated church Autonomy,
Clearwaters had a falling out with FBF leader, Cedarholm
Who started the Sword of the Lord periodical and soulwinning conferences?
John R. Rice