- March 15th, 2021, 8:59 am
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There is a range of beliefs among SBC members, in my experience, concerning free will and TULIP/5-point Calvinism.
A local teacher in my local district started a private school, and in reading the statement of faith, this jumped out at me:
"We believe that salvation is by God alone as He sovereignly chooses those He will save. We believe His choice is based on His grace, not on any human individual merit or unforeseen faith."
https://www.maricopachristianacademy.co ... t-of-faith
The school will be housed at the First Baptist Church, which is SBC and is quite old in our community. If you look around the link, you may get sticker shock with the tuition, but in Arizona, there are generous ESA grants that enable families to afford private schools, even if they aren't wealthy. This is very controversial among those who don't want tax dollars funding school choice.
I was wondering what the relative prevalence of views on free will vs. TULIP are among Southern Baptists. Does one view kind of predominate? Is this a controversial or contentious issue within congregations? Is there a wide range of views on this from congregation to congregation? Most Southern Baptists I know seem to believe in free will in practice, and I don't know if this is in technical conflict with their creedal beliefs. I'm sure outside of the SBC, with other Baptists, the range of beliefs grows.
Thanks in advance for insight into this!
A local teacher in my local district started a private school, and in reading the statement of faith, this jumped out at me:
"We believe that salvation is by God alone as He sovereignly chooses those He will save. We believe His choice is based on His grace, not on any human individual merit or unforeseen faith."
https://www.maricopachristianacademy.co ... t-of-faith
The school will be housed at the First Baptist Church, which is SBC and is quite old in our community. If you look around the link, you may get sticker shock with the tuition, but in Arizona, there are generous ESA grants that enable families to afford private schools, even if they aren't wealthy. This is very controversial among those who don't want tax dollars funding school choice.
I was wondering what the relative prevalence of views on free will vs. TULIP are among Southern Baptists. Does one view kind of predominate? Is this a controversial or contentious issue within congregations? Is there a wide range of views on this from congregation to congregation? Most Southern Baptists I know seem to believe in free will in practice, and I don't know if this is in technical conflict with their creedal beliefs. I'm sure outside of the SBC, with other Baptists, the range of beliefs grows.
Thanks in advance for insight into this!