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Founders Ministries, previously known as the Southern Baptist Founders Conference, is a Reformed Baptist[1] group within the Southern Baptist Convention in the United States. Its goal is to return Southern Baptists to their roots,[2] and it has contributed to the Southern Baptist Convention conservative resurgence. The executive director is Thomas Ascol.
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| Formation | 1982 |
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Executive Director | Thomas Ascol |
| Website | founders |
Formerly called | Southern Baptist Founders Conference |
The Southern Baptist Founders Conference was established in 1982, holding its first annual conference in 1983.[3] The organization which developed was renamed Founders Ministries in 1998.[4] As of 2007, there were 807 subscribing congregations in the United States.[5]
According to Nathan Finn, non-Calvinists within the Southern Baptist Convention "seem to be especially concerned with the influence of Founders Ministries."[6] Critics argue that Southern Baptists have never been Calvinistic. Tom Ascol, Executive Director of Founders Ministries, stated a majority of the founders of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1845 held to the doctrines of grace.[7]
Founders Ministries has operated Founders Press since 1983,[8] and publishes Founders Journal, a quarterly journal established in 1990.
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