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===20th century===

===20th century===

The dominant leader in the early 20th century was [[Edgar Young Mullins]]. He led the SBC between 1899 and 1928 and was successful at mediating theological, political, and organizational conflicts within among Baptists. He was a theologian as well, and synthesized theology and democratic political thought in his writings.<ref>H. Clark Maddux, ''Edgar Young Mullins and Evangelical Developments in the Southern Baptist Convention." ''Baptist History and Heritage'' 1998 33(2): 62-73.</ref>

The dominant leader in the early 20th century was [[Edgar Young Mullins]]. He led the SBC between 1899 and 1928 and was successful at mediating theological, political, and organizational conflicts within among Baptists. He was a theologian as well, and synthesized theology and democratic political thought in his writings.<ref>H. Clark Maddux, ''Edgar Young Mullins and Evangelical Developments in the Southern Baptist Convention." ''Baptist History and Heritage'' 1998 33(2): 62-73.</ref> Another major Baptist clergyman was [[George W. Truett]], the pastor from 1897 to 1944 of the First Baptist Church of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], which for a time was considered the largest congregaqtion in the world. Truett headed the SBC from 1927 to 1929 and the Baptist World Alliance from 1934 to 1939.ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.baylor.edu/baylorproud/2017/05/george-w-truett-a-texas-baptist-and-baylor-legend/|title=George W. Truett: A Texas, Baptist, and Baylor legend|publisher=Baylor.edu|date=May 4, 2017|accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>

The [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s was a hard blow for most churches, for they were based in impoverished rural areas and money was very scarce. Prosperity returned with World War II, especially with heavy migration to Southern cities (and some western cities like Los Angeles as well), where high paying jobs were plentiful. Affluence came in the 1960s, but meanwhile careful stewards rebuilt the financial base. For example, Avery Hamilton Reid, executive secretary of the Alabama Baptist State Convention during 1944-62, resolved the convention's financial crisis. He led fund-raising drives, established the Advance Programs to improve Howard and Judson colleges, built handsome, modern new churches, and increase membership. Reid oversaw the building of a new headquarters for the convention and removed from the convention's budget hospitals taking federal grant money for construction.<ref>George E. Bagley, "Avery Hamilton Reid," ''Alabama Baptist Historian'' 1996 32(1): 9-29. 0002-4147</ref>   

The [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s was a hard blow for most churches, for they were based in impoverished rural areas and money was very scarce. Prosperity returned with World War II, especially with heavy migration to Southern cities (and some western cities like Los Angeles as well), where high paying jobs were plentiful. Affluence came in the 1960s, but meanwhile careful stewards rebuilt the financial base. For example, Avery Hamilton Reid, executive secretary of the Alabama Baptist State Convention during 1944-62, resolved the convention's financial crisis. He led fund-raising drives, established the Advance Programs to improve Howard and Judson colleges, built handsome, modern new churches, and increase membership. Reid oversaw the building of a new headquarters for the convention and removed from the convention's budget hospitals taking federal grant money for construction.<ref>George E. Bagley, "Avery Hamilton Reid," ''Alabama Baptist Historian'' 1996 32(1): 9-29. 0002-4147</ref>