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SBC doctrine is generally in accordance with traditional Baptist views.

SBC doctrine is generally in accordance with traditional Baptist views.

In all the major tenets of the faith ([[Biblical inerrancy]], the [[Virgin Birth]], the [[substitutionary atonement]] of [[Jesus Christ]], His bodily [[resurrection]], and his ultimate return to Earth to judge humanity), as well as on the view of the [[Trinity]], the SBC holds to traditional Christian views and generally has for most of its existence (notwithstanding arguments over Biblical inerrancy during the Conservative Resurgence).<ref>Paul Basden, ''Has Our Theology Changed? Southern Baptist Thought since 1845.'' (1994)</ref>

In all the major tenets of the faith ([[Biblical inerrancy]], the [[Virgin Birth]], the [[substitutionary atonement]] of [[Jesus Christ]], [[resurrection of Jesus Christ|His bodily resurrection]], and his ultimate return to Earth to judge humanity), as well as on the view of the [[Trinity]], the SBC holds to traditional Christian views and generally has for most of its existence (notwithstanding arguments over Biblical inerrancy during the Conservative Resurgence).<ref>Paul Basden, ''Has Our Theology Changed? Southern Baptist Thought since 1845.'' (1994)</ref>

The SBC believes in the two ordinances of believers' [[baptism]] (though some churches hold baby dedication services, infant baptism is not practiced) and the Lord's Supper (traditionally holding the view that the "wine" is non-alcoholic; grape juice is used instead).  It considers both to be symbolic; it does not hold to baptismal regeneration or to [[transubstantiation]].  Historically baptism has been the means by which a person became an official church member (though in the megachurches they use "new members classes" instead).

The SBC believes in the two ordinances of believers' [[baptism]] (though some churches hold baby dedication services, infant baptism is not practiced) and the Lord's Supper (traditionally holding the view that the "wine" is non-alcoholic; grape juice is used instead).  It considers both to be symbolic; it does not hold to baptismal regeneration or to [[transubstantiation]].  Historically baptism has been the means by which a person became an official church member (though in the megachurches they use "new members classes" instead).