Founders Ministries

Founders Ministries
Formation 1982 (1982)
Executive Director
 Thomas Ascol
Website founders.org
Formerly called
 Southern Baptist Founders Conference

Founders Ministries, previously known as the Southern Baptist Founders Conference, is a Reformed Baptist group within the Southern Baptist Convention in the United States. Its goal is to return Southern Baptists to what it considers to be their Calvinist roots,[1] and it has contributed to the Southern Baptist Convention conservative resurgence.[2] The executive director is Thomas Ascol.

The Southern Baptist Founders Conference was established in 1982, holding its first annual conference in 1983.[3] The organization which developed was renamed Founders Ministries in 1998.[4] As of 2007, there were 807 subscribing congregations in the United States.[5]

According to Nathan Finn, non-Calvinists within the Southern Baptist Convention "seem to be especially concerned with the influence of Founders Ministries."[6] Critics argue that Southern Baptists have never been Calvinistic and that Founders' commitment to Calvinism will split the Southern Baptist Convention.[3]

Founders Ministries has operated Founders Press since 1983,[7] and publishes Founders Journal, a quarterly journal established in 1990.

References

  1. ↑ Olson, Roger E. (2004). "Calvinism/Arminianism". The Westminster Handbook to Evangelical Theology. p. 297. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Thuesen, Peter J. (2009). Predestination : The American Career of a Contentious Doctrine: The American Career of a Contentious Doctrine. Oxford University Press. p. 203. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 Robinson, Jeff (29 July 2002). "Founders Ministries marks 20th anniversary". Baptist Press. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "FAQ". Founders Ministries. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Brackney, William H. (2009). Historical Dictionary of the Baptists. Scarecrow Press. p. 224. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Finn, Nathan A. (2010). "Southern Baptist History: A Great Commission Reading". The Great Commission Resurgence: Fulfilling God's Mandate in Our Time. B&H Publishing Group. p. 73. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Announcing Founders Press". Founders Ministries. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

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