A System & Plan: Arkansas Baptist State Convention 1848-1998
Department
History
Files
Description
A System & Plan is the story of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention's vision for planting churches, assisting associations, and doing Kingdom work throughout the state. On at least four occasions that vision was on the verge of being extinguished. Each time, with defeat imminent, strong leaders developed a system and plan to overcome the obstacles and continue cooperative work.
Extending the Southern Baptist message throughout Arkansas was no easy task. A denomination that prided itself on the autonomy of the local church, in a state that prided itself on personal independence, presented repeated challenges to organizing a Convention.
To those visionary individuals who not only understood that the "whole equaled the sum of its parts" but also realized that the "whole was greater than any single part," balancing autonomy with unity required divine guidance. That guidance ultimately led the ABSC to become Arkansas's dominant religious organization and the standard used by other denominations in the state to measure growth. With a system and a plan that evolved to meet the changing needs of a changing society, the ABSC has remained true to the vision of its founders.
ISBN
9781577361084
Publication Date
1998
Document Type
Book
Publisher
Providence House Publishers
City
Franklin, TN
Publisher Statement
Copyright 1998 Providence House Publishers
Keywords
Arkansas Baptist State Convention
Disciplines
History of Christianity | Liturgy and Worship
Recommended Citation
Williams, C. Fred; Granade, S. Ray; and Startup, Kenneth M., "A System & Plan: Arkansas Baptist State Convention 1848-1998" (1998). Books and Monographs. 39.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/mono/39