California Southern Baptist Convention Explained
The California Southern Baptist Convention (CSBC) is the state convention of the Southern Baptist Convention in California.[1] The CSBC controls and financially supports California Baptist University.[2] [3] CSBC's executive director leading day-to-day operations of the convention is Bill Agee.
Name
CSBC was founded in 1940 as the Southern Baptist General Convention of California.[4] The convention changed its name to its current name in 1988. Several times in recent decades efforts to change the name of the convention to remove "Southern" have failed.[5]
Further reading
- California Southern Baptist Convention. Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists. 3. Broadman Press. 1982. 978-0-8054-6556-3. 1559–1561.
Notes and References
- Web site: State Conventions and Local Associations: Alaska. Southern Baptist Convention . 2010-08-27 .
- Web site: CBU at a Glance. California Baptist University. 2010-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20100726114658/http://www.calbaptist.edu/about/cbuataglance.aspx#. 2010-07-26. dead.
- News: California Baptists adopt budget, reject bill related to Baptist Faith and Message. Associated Baptist Press. November 20, 2007. Barone, Terry. 2010-08-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120302082138/http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/2994/120/#. 2012-03-02. dead.
- Web site: History & Facts. California Southern Baptist Convention. 2010-08-27. 2016-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305141912/http://www.csbc.com/historyandfacts. dead.
- News: California's Southern Baptists keep name. Lodi News-Sentinel. Associated Press. November 7, 1999. 7.
