This book is the resource for course cg0149 in the subject areas baptist doctrine and biblical. The making of the 1963 baptist faith and message by a. Southern baptist convention the baptist faith and message. The christian and the social order all christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of christ supreme in our own. What holds the southern baptist convention together. Southern baptists overwhelmingly adopt revised baptist. Therefore, the sole authority for faith and practice among baptists is jesus christ whose will is revealed in the holy scriptures.
Hobbs attempted to avoid a division within the southern baptist denomination by altering the baptist faith and message in such a way as to appease both the conservative and liberal factions in that denomination. In 1925, the southern baptist convention first adopted the baptist faith and message as a public statement of our faith and doctrine. Browse lifeways selection of christian and bible tracts as part of our outreach resources. Adrian rogers, the chairman of the baptist faith and message study committee, was repeatedly interrupted by applause as he introduced the revised document with a. Baptist faith and message fellowship collection southern baptist. Smith in his book the making of the 1963 baptist faith and message seeks to establish that herschel h.
We join thousands of baptist churches, associations, and ministries that have adopted the baptist faith and message as our confession of faith. The convictional cooperation of the southern baptist. Bpthe article on the church in the 2000 baptist faith and message affirms that god has revealed the doctrine of the church in scripture. Read the making of the 1963 baptist faith and message by a. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. The fellowship met and incorporated in march, 1973, at the first baptist.
This study examines in detail the 18 doctrines outlined in t. The baptist faith and message study committee issued the following statement on may 26, 2000 in response to questions and feedback they received from southern baptists shortly after the release of their report. What beliefs shape our common faith and define our cooperation in missions. The points in this book are related to the baptist faith and message, but really can be applied to any christian. For anybody who is not a baptist, this book can do one of two things. Pictorial roster of the baptist faith and message study committee. A fine cast of contributors have penned insightful expositions for each article of the baptist faith and message 2000. The baptist faith and message as a part of the southern baptist convention, imb is guided by a board of trustees elected by the convention in its annual meetings. Nearly forty years later, faced with new challenges and questions, the convention adopted a revised edition of the baptist faith and message in 1963.