What's the diff between the Baptist religion and Southern Baptists?

Question

I was going to a friend's church with her, and we passed another Baptist church on the way, and I asked why she didn't go to that one; it's closer. She said it's Southern Baptist, but she didn't really have a good answer as to what's the diff.

Answer 1

The Southern Baptist church has vowed to do and preach whatever the Souther Baptist Convention (held annually).

The missionary Baptist church is independent but correspond with each other. (They do not believe in giving their preachers anything but living expenses. They expect their preachers to be real people and have real jobs so that they can understand real problems (I am not one)

Most other Baptist churches are independent in nature.

I am a Southern Baptist, but sometimes I am ashamed of what my preacher has preached, what he has interpreted the Bible to mean.

Hope I have helped you.

Answer 2

The General Baptist and American Baptist are similar to the Southern Baptist. Their order of worship and doctrinal teachings are almost the same. Southern Baptist, although all over the United States, were the general Baptist that were separated below the Mason Dixon line during the war between the States. The Independent Baptist movement split out in the early in the last century. The moderate Baptist split out in the 1990's.
Generally speaking the Independent and Missionary Baptist are more conservative or legalistic, the Moderate Baptist are more liberal, and the Southern Baptist are more middle of the road-but conservative.

Answer 3

There is really no such thing as a Baptist religion. Baptist is a descriptive term. Because Baptist churches are very strong on the autonomy or independence of the local church, there is no monolithic worldwide organization of Baptists. So Baptist churches tend to organize associations of churches according to geographical proximity, and to different idiosycracies. In many cases, the different associations of Baptists are strictly historical. For instance at the time of the Civil War in the USA, the Southern Baptist denomination was formed. Today Southern Baptists have churches in the north, and Northern Baptists, American Baptists, etc., have churches in the south. There are also Baptist churches calling themselves Independent, who refuse to be part of any known Baptist movement or denomination. Often, however, this simply means the forming of a new denomination!
So you end up getting a lot of different denominations called Baptist.

Answer 4

the main suitable difference is corporation. Southern Baptists have a centralized area which administers and oversees the great convention. self sustaining Baptists are controlled interior the community church. different Baptist agencies are some mix of the two between the above.

Answer 5

I don't know about the Southern Baptists. But I know one thing that if we baptize in our Lord Jesus name, we all are same.

Answer 6

I don't know but my ex was full baptist and all I can figure is this must include grits or something like that. It's only superstition.
Peace out n happy hooyas

Answer 7

They're the same, pretty much, only Southern Baptist have a dash more crazy in them. I was raised one, I know.

Answer 8

Southern Baptist is more conservative.

Answer 9

Southern Babtist, until very recently were segregated and still are in parts of the South.

Answer 10

there isnt a difference. they are still seperated from their disagreement over how slaves should be handled unlike all the other denominations which came back together, they just stayed seperated. they practice the same stuff just their past keeps them from moving forward in that area.