Profile: Split between moderate Texas Baptists and the Southern Baptist Convention

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Profile: Split between moderate Texas Baptists and the Southern Baptist Convention

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There's a growing split among American Baptists. Nowhere is this division more apparent than in Texas. One out of every eight Texans is Baptist and last October, in protest, Texas Baptists cut the money they gave to the Southern Baptist Convention by more than $4 million. Moderate Baptists in Texas, nearly 6,000 churches, say the Southern Baptist Convention's politics ...

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