Southern Baptists and Evangelicals: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation

Last month, B&H Academic published an important new book titled Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism, edited by David Dockery, Ray Van Neste, and Jerry Tidwell. The book includes the published proceedings of an October 2009 conference of the same name hosted by Union University. My address and the subsequent book chapter is titled “Southern Baptists and Evangelicals: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation.” You can click here to listen to the audio of my address.

The friendly folks at B&H Academic have kindly granted me permission to post a PDF copy of my chapter on this website. You can click on the link below to download the document. In the chapter, I weigh in on a number of issues, including how to define terms like evangelical and evangelicalism, the oft-debated relationship between Southern Baptists and American evangelicals, and different strategies for passing on a robust Baptist and evangelical identity to the rising generation of pastors and other leaders. I hope you find the chapter helpful and that it piques your interest to purchase and read the whole book, which is also available on Kindle.

Southern Baptists and Evangelicals: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation