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How Big is the SBC Really? (and Why It Matters)

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  • R. Scott Clark
on July 9, 2008 | 4 Comments

CT has a story about the struggle within the Southern Baptist Convention to begin reporting real membership numbers. The reported number has long been 16.5 million. The real number of folks who actually show up is about 6.5 million.

Categorized Recovering the Reformed Confession | Tagged Church Discipline, congregational membership, marks of the church, numbers | 4 Comments

Office Hours With Mike Morales On What We Can Learn About The Church From Numbers

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  • R. Scott Clark
on November 27, 2017
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The Jews distinguished between the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings. What they called “the Law,” is called by biblical scholars the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. Dr. Michael Morales is Professor of . . . Continue reading →

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