Special Collections & Archives

The Alliance of Baptists, an organization of progressive Baptists, was founded in 1987. Known as the Southern Baptist Alliance until 1992, the group was dedicated to preserving Baptist freedoms, traditions, principles, mission, and ministry, especially those they felt were threatened by actions of the Southern Baptist Convention. In reaction to the fundamentalist movement in the SBC, the Alliance of Baptists promoted open inquiry, ecumenism, theological education, and social and economic justice. The collection includes correspondence, writings, and printed and financial materials. Some of the writings document both the activities of committees and officers of the Alliance and reactions of concerned parties to Alliance stances. Audiocassettes and videotapes document the Alliance's annual convocations and related conventions.