by Bruce T. Gourley
In the fall of 2013 the Baptist History and Heritage Society in partnership with the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship conducted a congregational identity survey to which individuals from 78 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship congregations in 14 states responded. This 2014 non-scientific survey asked open-ended questions, prompting responders to speak freely. This series of articles is an interpretive analysis of survey responses.
Part One: “Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Baptists as the ‘Other’”
Part Two: “Embodied Identity: Being Baptist in the 21st Century”
Part Three: “Core Messaging: Worship, Preaching, Ministry and Missions”
Part Four: “Congregational Witness: Proclaiming the Good News”