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‘Split personality’ of Baptists explains history of infighting, Leonard says
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) -- Baptists fight because of centuries-old paradoxical tendencies in their nature, church historian Bill Leonard says. Competing characteristics -- an inclination toward individualism and a craving for community -- practically compel Baptists into conflict, noted Leonard, dean of Wake Forest University's divinity school, during a breakout seminar at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship...
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