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SBC clarifies ‘friendly cooperation,’ updates criteria for church affiliation
By Bob Allen Messengers to the June 10-11 SBC annual meeting in Baltimore approved without discussion changes to the SBC constitution defining what it means to be “in friendly cooperation” with the convention — the language used for congregations that qualify for representation at the annual meeting. Prior to 1992, Southern Baptists defined friendly cooperation solely...
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