SBC leader says Calvinism steadily dividing church

A Southern Baptist Convention official says one of the top challenges
facing the nation's second largest faith group (after Roman Catholics)
is the increasing influence of Calvinism in churches. Frank Page, who
heads the Nashville-based SBC Executive Committee, sees the theological
divide as "a tremendous challenge for us."

Page, who served as SBC
president from 2006 to 2008, said he regularly receives communications
from congregations struggling over this issue. His remarks appeared
October 18 in a blog interview on the SBC Today website.

"Everyone
is aware of this, but few want to talk about this in public,"
elaborated Page, who assumed the post of president and CEO of the SBC
fiduciary and executive agency last year. "At some point we are going to
see the challenges which are ensuing from this divide become even more
problematic for us."