Baptists emphasize the soul's competency before God, freedom in religion, and the priesthood of the believer. However, this emphasis should not be interpreted to mean that there is an absence of certain definite doctrines that Baptists believe, cherish, and with which they have been and are now closely identified.

 

It is the purpose of this statement of faith and message to set forth certain teachings that we believe.

 

Herschel H. Hobbs, Chairman Howard M. Reaves Ed. J. Packwood C.Z. Holland W.B. Timberlake C.V. Koons Malcolm B. Knight Dick H. Hail, Jr. Charles R. Walker Walter R. Davis Garth Pybas V.C. Kruschwitz Luther B. Hall Robert Woodward Douglas Hudgins Paul Weber, Jr. R.A. Long Nane Starnes C. Hoge Hockensmith Hugh R. Bumpas David G. Anderson E. Warren Rust James H. Landes R.P. Downey

 

I. THE SCRIPTURES

II. GOD

III. MAN

IV. SALVATION

V. GOD'S PURPOSE & GRACE

VI. THE CHURCH

VII. BAPTISM & THE LORD'S SUPPER

VIII. THE LORD'S DAY

IX. THE KINGDOM

X. LAST THINGS

XI. EVANGELISM & MISSIONS

XII. EDUCATION

XIII. STEWARDSHIP

XIV. COOPERATION

XV. THE CHRISTIAN & THE SOCIAL ORDER

XVI. PEACE & WAR

XVII. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY