{"id":1730,"date":"2024-05-24T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/baptist-southern-differences\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:19:03","slug":"baptist-southern-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/baptist-southern-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Battisti vs Battisti del Sud: La SBC \u00e8 un ramo della famiglia battista"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Southern Baptists are Baptists, members of one denomination in a larger family. The Southern Baptist Convention formed in 1845, when Baptists split over slavery. With 12,331,954 members in 2025, it is the largest U.S. Baptist body. It is more conservative than American Baptist Churches USA and limits the office of pastor to men. Whatever divides them, Baptists in every convention still meet at the water. A believer who has confessed Christ goes down and comes up again, &quot;buried with him\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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