Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines implored those gathered for the annual meeting of the United States’ largest Protestant denomination to “believe in a supernatural God.”
During his presidential address on Tuesday before the SBC messengers gathered in Dallas, Texas, Gaines preached about the need to believe in a God powerful enough to do miracles.
He contrasted this belief with the popular eighteenth century ideology of deism, popular among men like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, which rejected miracles and claimed that God was an impersonal creator of the universe.
“Do you believe in a supernatural God? Do you believe in a God Who created the Heavens and the earth?” said Gaines. “I want to know if you believe in a supernatural God.”
Gaines spoke about the Book of Acts, which documented the first few decades of Christianity, as an example of when the church believes in a supernatural God.
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