CBF & SBA May Merge

                                                                                                                                                                      Vol. IV, No. 7, October 1991

Baptists Today, the newspaper of moderate and liberal Southern Baptists, reports (23 August, p. 6) meetings were held in Raleigh during July discussing the possible merger "in the near future" of the Cooperative (Cantankerous ?) Baptist Fellowship (CBF) and the Southern (Sullen ?) Baptist Alliance (SBA). This official statement was released, "In light of a very candid and harmonious dialogue, we agree unanimously that there is a possibility we can accomplish our goals and mission more effectively together than separately, and that we will work toward that goal with the expectation of making a definitive decision about the future of the SBA and the CBF by the spring of 1993." With every step the launching of a new denomination appears more certain.