The Baptist Faith and Message READ THE BAPTIST FAITH & MESSAGE 2000 READ THE PREAMBLE LEA LA FE Y MENSAJE BAUTISTAS 2000 LEE EL PREÁMBULO Translations 浸信會信仰精義 LEIA A A FÉ E A MENSAGEM BATISTA – PORTUGUÊS 침례교인의 신앙과 메시지 ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ БАПТИСТСКАЯ ВЕРА И МИССИЯ – ПО-РУССКИ ĐỌC ĐỨC TIN VÀ THÔNG ĐIỆP CỦA NGƯỜI BÁP-TÍT READ THE BAPTIST FAITH AND MESSAGE – HINDI (PDF) والرسالةالمعمدانيالإيمان Further Reading Materials MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE RESPONSE TO INITIAL FEEDBACK STUDY COMMITTEE MEMBERS COMPARISON CHART FOR 1925, 1963, & 2000 “Baptists cherish and defend religious liberty, and deny the right of any secular or religious authority to impose a confession of faith upon a church or body of churches. We honor the principles of soul competency and the priesthood of believers, affirming together both our liberty in Christ and our accountability to each other under the Word of God. Committee Report on the submission of the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 Baptist churches, associations, and general bodies have adopted confessions of faith as a witness to the world, and as instruments of doctrinal accountability. We are not embarrassed to state before the world that these are doctrines we hold precious and as essential to the Baptist tradition of faith and practice. As a committee, we have been charged to address the “certain needs” of our own generation. In an age increasingly hostile to Christian truth, our challenge is to express the truth as revealed in Scripture, and to bear witness to Jesus Christ, who is “the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” The 1963 committee rightly sought to identify and affirm “certain definite doctrines that Baptists believe, cherish, and with which they have been and are now closely identified.” Our living faith is established upon eternal truths. “Thus this generation of Southern Baptists is in historic succession of intent and purpose as it endeavors to state for its time and theological climate those articles of the Christian faith which are most surely held among us.” It is the purpose of this statement of faith and message to set forth certain teachings which we believe.” SBC.NET BAPTIST PRESS CHURCHES JOB BOARD BF&M © 2021 Southern Baptist Convention. Site by Mere. Site Index