The pastor of First Baptist Church, Nashville, noted Jesus went to great lengths to share the Gospel with people. Jesus realized the creeds of their day weren t going to help them, said Lewis prior to convention action concerning the Baptist Faith and Message. They were the victims of a religious system that had gone so far to the stringent letter of the law that it didn t care about people anymore. It s not our creed that will unite us nearly as much as our mission that will unite us. Creeds are important.
Confessions are important.
But to the lost person that s almost a non-issue. Sharon Fairchild said, Southern Baptists are the greatest sending force this world has ever seen and the reason for that is because of the cooperation of Southern Baptists sending people that are called. She thanked Baptists for salary, home, car, help for her children s transition to the United States, and funding for ministry. Southern Baptists have left their footprints all over Brazil, one of the greatest harvest fields this world has ever known, she said. She referred to the diversity of those cooperating for the CP, which brought applause from the crowd.