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:Since its organization in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has grown to over 16 million members who worship in more than 42,000 churches in the United States. Southern Baptists sponsor about 5,000 home missionaries serving the United States, Canada, Guam and the Caribbean, as well as sponsoring more than 5,000 foreign missionaries in 153 nations of the world.

:Since its organization in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has grown to over 16 million members who worship in more than 42,000 churches in the United States. Southern Baptists sponsor about 5,000 home missionaries serving the United States, Canada, Guam and the Caribbean, as well as sponsoring more than 5,000 foreign missionaries in 153 nations of the world.

Though each Baptist is free to define his own beliefs, a revised collection of common principles held by [[American]] Baptists was set forth by the SBC in 2000.<ref>http://www.sbc.net/bfm/<ref>

Though each Baptist is free to define his own beliefs, a revised collection of common principles held by [[American]] Baptists was set forth by the SBC in 2000.<ref>http://www.sbc.net/bfm/</ref>

In 2004, [[conservatives]] at the SBC introduced a resolution calling on all parents to pull their children out of [[public school]] due to the [[liberal]] indoctrination there.  The resolution was defeated, not because Baptists disagreed with the motivation, but because the SBC did not want to usurp parental authority over how to educate their children.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38986</ref>

In 2004, [[conservatives]] at the SBC introduced a resolution calling on all parents to pull their children out of [[public school]] due to the [[liberal]] indoctrination there.  The resolution was defeated, not because Baptists disagreed with the motivation, but because the SBC did not want to usurp parental authority over how to educate their children.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38986</ref>