Church and Ministry

Nondenominational vs. Southern Baptist: Is There a Difference?

(Photo: Courtesy of Paul Lee)Messengers at the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting worship together in between small group and corporate prayer time during the June 16 evening session dedicated to prayer at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

Are there any significant differences between nondenominational and Southern Baptist churches?

A common joke among evangelicals is that nondenominational churches are for Southern Baptists who want to drink booze, suggesting there is not much difference between them.

But what does the data show?

In an article for Religion in Public titled “Nondenominational Protestants are Basically Southern Baptists (With a Few Caveats)” that was published Wednesday, Ryan P. Burge, a political science professor at Eastern Illinois University who specializes in religion and politics, analyzed data compiled by the Cooperative Congressional Election Study to compare the SBC, nondenominational churches, and the mainline United Methodist Church.

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