November 17, 2000

Texas Baptists End Most of Their Financial Support for 6 Seminaries

By BETH McMURTRIE

The delegates to the Baptist General Convention of Texas voted last month to cut the bulk of their financial support to the country's six Southern Baptist seminaries to object to what they see as a fundamentalist approach to theology on the campuses.

Although the seminaries will lose a total of $4.3-million annually, the presidents of at least two of the seminaries say they believe that others, including the Southern Baptist Convention, which controls the

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