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SBC women's group backs Baptist Alliance: Woman's Missionary Union breaks ranks with SBC leaders

The leadership of the Woman’s Missionary Union, the 1-million-member women’s auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention, has voiced support of the Baptist World Alliance, breaking ranks with SBC leaders who want to sever their ties with the worldwide organization.

Echoing the sentiment of overseas Baptist groups, the WMU executive board on January 13 issued a call for unity among the world’s Baptists. Some observers fear the planned SBC-BWA split will divide Baptists worldwide into two competing camps, since the SBC has announced plans to start an alternative organization.