California Southern Baptist Convention
The California Southern Baptist Convention (CSBC) is an autonomous Baptist association of churches in the state of California. CSBC includes 1,800 associated churches which in turn have 450,000 members.[citation needed] CSBC is one of the state conventions associated with the Southern Baptist Convention.[1] Additionally the CSBC controls and financially supports California Baptist University.[2][3]
CSBC was founded in 1940 as the Southern Baptist General Convention of California.[4] The convention changed its name to its current name in 1988.[4]
CSBC's Executive Director leading day-to-day operations of the convention is Fermín A. Whittaker who was called to serve in 1995 by convention messengers.[5]
Several times in recent decades efforts to change the name of the convention to remove "Southern" have failed.[3][6]
References
- ^ "State Conventions and Local Associations: Alaska". Southern Baptist Convention. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ "CBU at a Glance". California Baptist University. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ a b Barone, Terry (November 20, 2007). "California Baptists adopt budget, reject bill related to Baptist Faith and Message". Associated Baptist Press. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ a b "History & Facts". California Southern Baptist Convention. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ "Fermín A. Whittaker, Executive Director". California Southern Baptist Convention. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ "California's Southern Baptists keep name". Lodi News-Sentinel. Associated Press. November 7, 1999. p. 7.
Further reading
- "California Southern Baptist Convention". Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists. Vol. 3. Broadman Press. 1982. pp. 1559–1561. ISBN 978-0-8054-6556-3.
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