The expenses of this committee shall be borne by the Convention Operating Budget. We repudiate every theory of religion which denies the supernatural elements in our faith. It is, therefore, quoted in full as part of this report to the Convention. They are not intended to add anything to the simple conditions of salvation revealed in the New Testament, viz., repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. As in the past so in the future Baptists should hold themselves free to revise their statements of faith as may seem to them wise and expedient at any time.
Confessions are only guides in interpretation, having no authority over the conscience.
Your present committee has adopted the same pattern. At times it has reproduced sections of the Statement without change. In other instances it has substituted words for clarity or added sentences for emphasis. At certain points it has combined articles, with minor changes in wording, to endeavor to relate certain doctrines to each other. In no case has it sought to delete from or to add to the basic contents of the 1925 Statement.