More Baptist Voices for the KJV: Southern Baptist

These “Voices for the KJV” come from their connection in cooperative work through the Southern Baptist Convention.

Antioch Baptist Church, Cumming, Georgia, About and Church Angel

“We are a Distinctive Southern Baptist Church, with emphasis on teaching and preaching the Word of God (KJV). We are a Traditional church for Non-Traditional times that has faithfully served in our community for over 100 years.”

“Bible Used: King James Version...A distinctive Southern Baptist Church, with emphasis on preaching and teaching the Word of God KJV, congregational singing from the hymnbook, choir, special music, and AWANA.”

Boody Southern Baptist Church, Boody, Illinois

“Boody Southern Baptist Church is associated with Central Baptist Association of Decatur, with a traditional style studying the King James Version of the Bible...We teach and preach from the King James Version and, I guess, are a little old fashioned.” (“Church of the week: Boody Southern Baptist,” Herald & Review, March 18, 2011)

Calvary Baptist Church, Chattahoochee, Florida, Home Page

“Calvary Baptist is an ‘Old Fashioned’ Southern Baptist Church with old time beliefs. We are convinced that in these modern times of self gratification, old time religion is still the answer to individuals and families torn and vexed with the ‘wicked conversations’ of this sin cursed world...We believe that the King James Version of the Bible is the true Word of God!!!”

Corner Stone Baptist Church, Monroe, Virginia, Constitution and By-Laws

“The Holy Bible is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God. The Bible is our sole and final authority for faith and practice. The King James Version is the preferred translation used by the church. The church most directly affiliates with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia and subscribes to the doctrinal statement of ‘The Baptist Faith and Message’ as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention on June 14, 2000.”

Everton Southern Baptist Church, Connersville, Indiana, About

“We are a southern baptist church that believes and teaches salvation through Jesus Christ from the King James Bible.”

Faith Decision Missionary Baptist Church, Paint Lick, Kentucky, About

“Faith Decision Missionary Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist church, and a member of the Kentucky Baptist Convention and the Tates Creek Association of Southern Baptist. As such, we stand upon the Holy Bible as the Word of God, and the Baptist Faith and Message...As a church, we listen and respond to the explanation and relevant application of Holy Scripture from the King James Version of the Bible.”

First Baptist Church of Barberville, Barberville, Florida, About Us & SBC.net

“…preach from the King James Version of the Bible.”

“A Friendly Country Church, Old Fashioned Preaching From The King James Bible, Old Fashioned Singing”

French Broad Baptist Association [North Carolina] Home Page
“We honor the King James translation.”

Friendship Baptist Church, Sandersville, Georgia, Founders-Friendly Churches in GA

“Church affiliation: Southern Baptist Convention

“Church confession: Baptist Faith and Message

“Teaching the fundamentals of the faith, putting Jesus Christ as the head, following the King James Version of the Word of God.”

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Miamisburg Ohio, Home Page

“Friendship Missionary Baptist Church is a southern Baptist church. We solely follow God’s word as established in the King James Version of the Holy Bible.”

Grace Baptist Church, Heber Springs, Arkansas, Statement of Faith and Pastor’s Brief Statement of Beliefs

“I. The Scriptures

“The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation. Grace Baptist believes the King James Bible is the perfectly preserved word for the English speaking people.” [emphasis original, rlv]

“I believe the Holy Bible is verbally inspired by God, inerrant, infallible, immutable, and preserved in the King James Version for the English speaking people, and that it is the supreme and final authority. (I Cor. 2:9-13; II Peter 1:21)” [“Our church is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Little Red River Association. We contribute to the state and national missions program.”]

Kerwin Baptist Church, Kernersville, North Carolina, Our Beliefs

“We stand with the 1611 King James version of the Bible only, and reject all other versions as inferior and incomplete versions. We believe the King James version of the Bible to be God’s preserved Word for English speaking people.”

Living Water Baptist Church, Bristol, Tennessee, Constitution and By-laws

“This church uses the KING JAMES VERSION of the Bible as the preferred version.”

Macland Baptist Church, Powder Springs Georgia, The Maclander, March 2017

“The preaching is from the King James Bible in expository style.”

Philippi Baptist Church, Cleveland, Tennessee, Who are we?
“Our pastor since 1988, Sammy Hooker, a masterful teacher, unapologetically preaches God's inerrant and Holy Word out of a King James Bible.”

Sardis Lake Baptist Church, Sardis, Mississippi Home Page
“Panola County’s Largest King James Church...We believe the King James Bible is the first translation from the Greek & Hebrew original transcripts of the bible WORD for WORD and GOD BREATHED.”

Solid Rock Baptist Church, New Castle, Delaware, Our Beliefs

“SRBC is a southern baptist Church affiliate.  We are a bible based church that believes in the inerrant Word of God as revealed through the King James version.”

Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, Minutes of the Organizational Meeting, Grove Avenue Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia, September 2, 1993
“One item that did spark lively debate was a motion regarding the doctrinal position in Article III. The original statement reads, ‘We believe that the Bible is the verbally inspired word of God, wholly without error as originally given by God, and is sufficient as our only infallible rule of faith and practice.’ The intent of the motion was to replace the phrase ‘given by God,’ with the phrase ‘in which we possess as the God-honored and proven King James Version of 1611.’ Even though the motion received considerable discussion, it was defeated. In the end, the Constitution and Bylaws were adopted with minor modifications.” [As cited in Forged by Conviction: An Historical Overview of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, pp. 40-41]

Southside Baptist Church, Palatka, Florida, What We Believe
“The Scriptures - We believe that the Authorized King James Bible is God’s Holy Word today, having been translated from the original languages into English. The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation. We believe that the canon of scripture is finished, and so we reject any ideas of advanced revelation.” [Member of St. Johns River Baptist Association]

South Macon Baptist Church, Franklin, North Carolina, Home Page

“We accept the King James Version Bible as the inerrant, infallible Word of God. Is the final authority in faith, practice and life.” [“We are a Southern Baptist Church in cooperation with the Southern Baptist Convention, Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, and Macon Baptist Association.”]

West Side Missionary Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon, Illinois, What We Believe

“We are a Bible believing Southern Baptist Church. We believe in the Verbal Inspiration of the Bible, the Deity of Christ, His Blood Atonement, Salvation by Faith, New Testament soul winning, and the Premillennial Return of Christ. We have Sunday School for all ages with some wonderful teachers. God’s Word (emphasizing the King James Version) is taught.”

Disclaimer: Notes on web sites (e.g., as opposed to articles of faith) that a church uses the King James Bible evidently denote a strong preference for that Bible, but may not imply a church considers itself “King James Only.” I have presented here samples from 20 churches that claim affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention, and examples could be multiplied extensively. Two takeaways might be: (1) Many might be surprised at the number of Southern Baptist churches and preachers that believe “the King James Bible is the inerrant, infallible Word of God,” and (2) However many KJV-Only Southern Baptist churches exist, they are probably only a very small portion of the total number of Southern Baptist churches.