Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia

Infobox Christian denomination
name = Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia


caption = "2007 Homecoming Theme: Pushing Back the Darkness (Acts 26:15-18)"
main_classification = Protestant
orientation = Baptist
polity = Congregationalist
founded_date = September 16, 1996
founded_place = Richmond, Virginia
separated_from = Baptist General Association of Virginia
area = Virginia
congregations = 511 (as of November 12, 2007)

The Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (SBC of Virginia, or SBCV) is a fellowship of 511 conservative Southern Baptist churches in Virginia and in surrounding areas. It is supportive of the national Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). It was formed in 1993 when conservative Virginia Baptists across the state founded the SBCV fellowship. On September 16, 1996, messengers that met at Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia voted for the fellowship to become a new Southern Baptist state convention. [Pinckney, T.C. [http://www.baptistbanner.org/Subarchive_6/806%20Come%20Celebrate%20Our%20First%20Decade.htm "Come Celebrate Our First Decade!"] . The Baptist Banner, Vol. XIX, No. 9, November/December 2006] On October 1, 1996, the SBC Executive Committee officially acknowledged SBCV as a new State Convention.

Objectives

The Southern Baptist Coservatives of Virginia's objectives flow out of the convention's Purpose Statement and Core Values. They set the parameters for what the convention does, hold the convention accountable, and help the convention write goals and action plans. The SBCV strives to start new churches, strengthen existing churches in the state, and support pastors, staff and their families. [ [http://www.sbcv.org/objectives/ "SBCV - Objectives"] ]

Doctrinal Position

The Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia believes that the Bible is the verbally inspired Word of God, and is sufficient as the only infallible rule of faith and practice. The SBCV deny that other books are inspired by God in the same way as the Bible. The SBCV is committed to the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 with the clarification of inerrancy as described above. The doctrinal position of the SBCV is not binding upon any local church; however, the convention recognized its right and responsibility to determine its identity, including doctrinal parameters, and to include within its affiliation those individual affiliates and churches who can freely agree with it, and to exclude those individuals or churches who do not. [ [http://www.sbcv.org/doctrinal_position/ "SBCV - Doctrinal Position"] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.sbcv.org/ Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia]
* [http://www.sbc.net/ Southern Baptist Convention]