HIGH POINT, N.C. — The 1,000-member First Baptist Church of High Point, N.C., has joined the ranks of churches to leave the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) over doctrinal differences.
The historic church voted Aug. 9 to amend its constitution to withdraw from the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
“Our church is older than the Southern Baptist Convention, and the result of the vote tonight shows that we are just maintaining long-held Baptist principles this church has always been committed to,” Pastor Bill Slater told the Greensboro News and Record.
The 176-year-old First Baptist Church of Columbia, Mo., took similar action July 30, ending ties with the SBC.
Also severing ties with the SBC this summer was Broadus Memorial Baptist Church in Charlottesville, Va. The congregation voted to leave the SBC June 11, saying it no longer supports the denomination’s goals and practices.
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