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Dunn & Leonard on 400 Years of Baptist History

I’m in a workshop session right now titled “400 Years of Baptist History: How A Church Can Speak-Up Now” led by Bill Leonard, Dean of Wake Forest University Divinity School, and James Dunn, former Executive-Director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.

Here’s the description of the workshop:

The American experiment in church-state relations was significantly influenced, some would say “shaped,” by Baptists.  The deepest theological principles and their ethical corollaries are the abidingly relevant foundation for the roles of church and state in the United States.  Learn more about the role Baptists played in church-state relations.

Dunn and Leonard touched on various Baptist separationist issues such as government funding of religion (faith-based initiatives) and the mixing of faith and nationalism (ex. American flag in the sanctuary).

Good stuff.  Classic Dunn.    Dunn called the “Fund-Based Initiative” a “Democratic and Republican Evil.” 

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