Are Baptists evangelicals?

This week Ed Stetzer proposed that the Southern Baptist Convention explore the benefits of aligning with National Association of Evangelicals and report back for further discussion at the denomination's 2017 annual meeting. read more

Most Baptists are evangelical in doctrine, but Baptist beliefs can vary due to the congregational governance system that gives autonomy to individual local Baptist churches. Historically, Baptists have played a key role in encouraging religious freedom and separation of church and state. read more

Southern Baptists are very evangelical but I don't think they are classified as actual Evangelicals. Evangelical is a very broad term and the SBC is very narrow on many issues. This basically sums up where Southern Baptists stand: "To address the future of Southern Baptists as evangelicals assumes that Baptists are evangelicals. read more

From this position, both Litfin and Mohler agree—Southern Baptists are evangelicals and evangelicals can remain, by conviction, distinctively Baptist. Douglas E. Baker is executive editor and Casey S. Shutt is a senior writer for the Baptist Messenger. read more