I have come across TWO different Southern Baptist churches in my area in the last month that prominently feature and use the 1689 London Baptist Confession. This is a *Reformed* document, and furthermore at least one of these churches has a constitution that actually provides for elders to rule the congregation.

The Southern Baptist churches I knew about years ago would have never even known what the 1689 London Baptist Confession is, and they would have considered "deacons" to be the principal officers of the church (other than the pastor.) Is there some trend in the Southern Baptist Convention towards becoming more Reformed, or are these two churches relatively isolated instances? I have to say this has me quite curious.

Theo