Instead of making critical distinctions, they embrace the wide spectrum. Without some kind of conservative renewal, the SBC would most likely have continued to drift toward the kind of accommodation to the culture seen in many mainline denominations. Some moderate-supported groups now argue for the moral legitimacy of gay sex. BFM 2000 speaks a clear biblical word against such issues. Preserving a Fragile Unity Confessions of faith inevitably raise the question of unity and diversity.
Confessions of faith can err either by being too tightly drawn or too loosely constructed.
Finding the right balance is always difficult, but we should never forget that we are called by Christ to preserve the peace and unity of the church as well as its purity. And it should be small enough to find a lodgement in the heart of the weakest lamb, sound in the faith. Both the 1925 and 1963 versions of BFM served as rallying points for Southern Baptist unity, but it is not at all clear that BFM 2000 will have the same effect. Already the large Texas Baptist Convention has indicated it will not adopt the new confession, and some other Baptist bodies may follow suit. Thus far, critics have been much better at saying what they are against than what they are for.