A common saying would be “No book but the Bible and no creed but Christ” You have to go into a bit of the history of the fundamentalist movement to understand why, going back to the stating of the fundamentals, but they are independent Christians, not belonging to any denomination.

Mitt Romney and his campaign have made considerable efforts to reach out to the conservative and Christian community in the Upstate of South Carolina. It hasn’t at all been unusual in the past year or so, for Romney to hold discussions and forums with leaders like Dr. Taylor, Dr. Jones, the President of the Southern Baptist Convention, who pastors a church about five miles form the Bob Jones campus, etc.

The eastern half of Greenville County, SC, probably accounts of 10% of the GOP primary electorate in the state of SC. Dr. Taylor represents part of that area on county council and is influential there, and Dr. Jones, mostly in retirement now from University administration, represents a significant voice among conservatives.