Time hasn't run out for Southern Baptists to rejoin the Christian family.  RNS reports:

A gathering of about 30 Southern Baptist conservatives has drafted a declaration that repents of "triumphalism" within their ranks and says their denomination's unity is threatened by a "narrowing" of cooperation with fellow Christians.

The group issued "The Memphis Declaration" on May 3 after their Tennessee meeting and it appeared on a blog of one of the participants, Baptist news services reported.

"We publicly declare before all Southern Baptists that we believe the unity, mission, and witness of our denomination is seriously threatened by the introduction of the narrowing of cooperation through exclusionary theological and political agendas that corrupt the healthy and mutual fellowship we enjoy as Kingdom servants," the statement declares.

The document cites eight areas in which participants repent for past attitudes and behavior and pledge to recommit themselves to "institutional openness" and accountability within the nation's largest Protestant denomination.

"We publicly repent of triumphalism about Southern Baptist causes and narcissism about Southern Baptist ministries which have corrupted our integrity in assessing our denominational bureaucracy, our churches and our personal witness in light of the sobering exhortations of Scripture," the statement reads.

The group committed to better relate to Christians outside their denomination and within it.

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