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TechnoratiAt the same time, Noblit said he was not suggesting that Calvinists are "the perfect models."
Yet some Calvinists accuse non-Calvinists of being less than gospel preachers because they do not accept the five points of Calvinism. It's that very accusation that concerns non-Calvinists, said Charles Lawless – dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. - dispelling the stereotype that non-Calvinists do not like Calvinists.
During the conference, Southern Baptist theologians debated on the five points, including unconditional election – that God chooses every person who will be saved, not based on an individual's merit or on his looking forward to discover who would accept the offer of the gospel but solely upon the counsel of His own will – and limited atonement – that Christ died for the elect and not all.
Southern Baptists were urged to be committed to defending their particular convictions but not at the expense of cooperation with each other.
"The Calvinism issue is not going to go away, so Southern Baptists must be willing to openly discuss and debate the doctrines of grace in an effort to be biblically accurate and, just maybe, come to a greater theological consensus in the years to come," said Finn.
"I believe our Baptist fellowship is big enough in all the right ways," Daniel Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, told the attendants. "We may not agree on everything, but we agree on more than enough to work together for our Lord Jesus in fulfilling the Great Commission."
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