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CHURCH SURVEY CONCERNING ISSUES IN THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION Instructions: Mark the one response to each question which seems closest to your feeling at this time. 1. I am familiar with the current theological/political issues within the Southern Baptist Convention. a) _____ Yes. b) _____ Somewhat. c) _____ Not at all.
2. Would you describe yourself as a Southern Baptist who is: a) _____ A fundamentalist? b) _____ A fundamentalist-conservative? c) _____ A moderate-conservative? d) _____ A Liberal? d) _____ No opinion.
3. Would you describe most of our members as: a) _____ Fundamentalist? b) _____ Fundamentalist-conservative? c) _____ Moderate-conservative? d) _____ Liberal? e) _____ No opinion.
4. Would you describe most Southern Baptists as: a) _____ Fundamentalist? b) _____ Fundamentalist-conservative? c) _____ Moderate-conservative? d) _____ Liberal? e) _____ No opinion.
5. Which of the following comes closest to what you believe about the Bible? a) _____ Inerrant Word of God, literally true in all areas. b) _____ Divinely inspired Word of God, authoritative in matters of faith and practice. c) _____ Divinely inspired Word of God, but may contain inaccuracies. d) _____ No opinion.
6. How do you perceive the primary biblical role of the pastor? a) _____ As servant/shepherd. b) _____ As administrator. c) _____ As God-appointed ruler of the church. d) _____ No opinion.
7. Would you describe persons appointed to Southern Baptist Convention agencies, boards, and commissions since 1979 as: a) _____ Mostly fundamentalist? b) _____ Mostly fundamentalist-conservative? c) _____ Mostly moderate-conservative? d) _____ Mostly liberal? e) _____ A mixture of the above? f) _____ No opinion.
8. Would you describe persons terminated from Southern Baptist Convention agencies, boards, and commissions since 1979 as: a) _____ Mostly fundamentalist? b) _____ Mostly fundamentalist-conservative? c) _____ Mostly moderate-conservative? d) _____ Mostly liberal? e) _____ A mixture of the above? f) _____ No opinion.
9. Assuming these current practices for appointments and terminations to Southern Baptist Convention agencies, boards, and commissions continue, would you be: a) _____ Pleased? b) _____ Neutral? c) _____ Disappointed? d) _____ No opinion.
10. The recent trend of terminations/resignations of seminary staff, agency heads and other convention personnel, a) _____ has been necessary for administrative and/or theological reasons. b) _____ has been politically motivated and has not been necessary. c) _____ has not been appreciably different from the way the convention has always operated. d) _____ No opinion.
11. If present trends in the Southern Baptist Convention continue, it will: a) _____ Become a stronger body as to its influence. b) _____ Remain unchanged. c) _____ Become weaker as to its influence. d) _____ No opinion.
12. I think our seminaries should be: a) _____ Fundamentalists in theology. b) _____ Fundamentalist-conservative in theology. c) _____ Moderate-conservative in theology. d) _____ Liberal in theology. e) _____ No opinion.
13. I feel our seminaries should be: a) _____ Free to promote intellectual freedom in their research. b) _____ Somewhat controlled yet allow for intellectual debate. c) _____ Controlled by the Southern Baptist Convention. d) _____ No opinion.
14. Assuming that current practices in administration of our seminaries continue, would you be: a) _____ Pleased? b) _____ Neutral? c) _____ Disappointed? d) _____ No opinion.
15. Under the present Southern Baptist Convention leadership, I feel that our church should support our world mission program in the following manner: a) _____ Give support to the Cooperative Program as a present. b) _____ Choose some compromise between Cooperative Program funding and alternate funding. c) _____ Choose some alternate means for supporting our world mission program. d) _____ No opinion.
16. Since 1979 the Southern Baptist Convention leadership has caused the missions endeavors of the Home Mission Board to: a) _____ Become more focused and strengthened. b) _____ Become diluted and weakened. c) _____ Remain about the same. d) _____ No opinion.
17. Since 1979 the Southern Baptist Convention leadership has caused the missions endeavors of the Foreign Mission Board to: a) _____ Become more focused and strengthened. b) _____ Become diluted and weakened. c) _____ Remain about the same. d) _____ No opinion.
18. I think the Southern Baptist Convention in the future will: a) _____ Be transformed into a more identifiable fundamentalist-conservative denomination. b) _____ Continue in controversy resulting in a stalemate. c) _____ Permanently split, creating two different denominations. d) _____ Form a new coalition resulting from a determination on both sides to negotiate, compromise, and permit diversity. e) _____ No opinion.
19. I view the present situation in our Convention as: a) _____ Not a serious issue for our church. b) _____ Serious enough that our church should give consideration to it. c) _____ A very serious issue for our church. d) _____ No opinion.
20. The current leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention, a) _____ is a positive step for our church and its ministry. b) _____ does not really affect our church and its ministry. c) _____ is a negative step for our church and its ministry. d) _____ No opinion. |
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