Baptist Issues and Documents

• SBC resolutions on abortion.
• BGCT resolutions on abortion.
• BGCT actions regarding abortion and the CLC, 1991-2000 (incomplete)
• SBTC resolutions on abortion.
• American Baptist Churches USA resolution on abortion--external link

• Evaluation of CLC position paper Abortion and the Christian Life, 1994 revision (analysis)

• see also Ordination of Women and Priesthood of the Believer

• 1925 Baptist Faith and Message--adopted by the SBC in 1925.
• 1963 Baptist Faith and Message--adopted by the SBC in 1963 (external link in .pdf format, at the BGCT web site).
• 1998 amendment to the Baptist Faith and Message--adopted by the SBC in 1998.
• 2000 Baptist Faith and Message--adopted by the SBC on 14 June 2000 (external link at the SBC web site).

• Side-by-side comparison of the three versions of the BF&M--external link (note that the 1963 BF&M as shown here at the SBC web site includes the 1998 article on the Family).
• Highlights of recent changes in the Baptist Faith and Message (analysis)
• "Baptist Faith and Message: Committee Response to Initial Feedback"--by the SBC Committee on the Baptist Faith and Message (2000)
• New Hampshire Baptist Confession (1833)
• Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Abstract of Principles (1858) and "Don't Just Do Something; Stand There!" [the latter is an address by R. Albert Mohler, Jr., on 31 August 1993].
• SBC Referral: On requesting that SBC entities not require their employees to sign The Baptist Faith and Message (2000-2001)
• Observations at the SBC 2001 Convention (analysis)
• Priesthood of the believer in the Baptist Faith and Message (analysis)

• Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs.

• BGCT E/E Committee Report summary--1998.

• BGCT Missions-Sending Agencies Study Committee Report--May 2001.

• SBC response to the report:
  • "NAMB's Reccord differs over Texas retaining $1M in funds"--Todd Starnes, Baptist Press, 15 May 2001.
  • "SBC official cites flaws in BGCT committee recommendation"--Todd Starnes, Baptist Press, 15 May 2001.
  • "BGCT board recommends $1.28M shift from SBC N. American missions agency"--Tammi Reed Ledbetter, Baptist Press, 23 May 2001.
  • "SBC exec responds to BGCT proposal, questioning break in cooperation"--Tammi Reed Ledbetter, Baptist Press, 25 May 2001.
  • "NAMB, IMB leaders to continue efforts to provide information to BGCT leaders"--Tammi Reed Ledbetter, Baptist Press, 25 May 2001.

• see also Relations between the SBC and BGCT

• BGCT Seminary Study Report--in .pdf format, 2000.

• Summary of BGCT Seminary Study Committee Report (analysis)

• SBC seminaries responses to the report:
  • An Open Letter to Southern Baptists--by NOBTS President Charles S. Kelley, Jr., 2000.
  • Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's Response to the BGCT Seminary Study Committee--by SEBTS President Paige Patterson, 2000.
  • Response to BGCT Seminary Study Committee Report--by the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary staff, 2000.
  • Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Response to the BGCT Seminary Study Report--by SBTS President R. Albert Mohler, Jr., 2000.
  • Resolution on the Cooperative Program Agreement Between the SBC and the BGCT--SBC Executive Board resolution, passed 19 September 2000.

• "The Truth about the SBC & Texas" (by the SBC Executive Board, in response to the BGCT report):
  • "Bibliolatry--A Fraudulent Accusation"--A. William Merrell, "The Truth about the SBC & Texas," 2000
  • "The Baptist Faith and Message--Still Thoroughly Baptist!"--SBC Executive Committee staff, "The Truth about the SBC & Texas," 2000
  • "'Texas First, Texas Only'--Not the Spirit of Southern Baptists in Texas"--David Hankins, "The Truth about the SBC & Texas," 2000
  • "Anti-SBC Leaders Threaten Cooperative Program"--SBC Executive Committee staff, "The Truth about the SBC & Texas," 2000
  • "Southern Baptists and Women Pastors"--SBC Executive Committee staff, "The Truth about the SBC & Texas," 2000
  • "The Root of the SBC Controversy"--Morris Chapman, "The Truth about the SBC & Texas," 2000
  • "Your Church Reaching the World for Christ"--SBC Executive Committee staff, "The Truth about the SBC & Texas," 2000

• Preliminary review of "'Texas First, Texas Only'--Not the Spirit of Southern Baptists in Texas" (analysis)

• Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
• Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Texas.

• see also BGCT E/E Committee Report, BGCT Missions-Sending Agencies Study Report, and BGCT Seminary Study Report

• Relation of Southern Baptist Convention to Other Baptist Bodies (1928 SBC statement)
• Cooperative Agreement between the BGCT and the HMB of the SBC (1991 agreement)
• Resolution on the Cooperative Program Agreement Between the SBC and the BGCT (2000 SBC Executive Committee resolution)
• Observations at the BGCT 2000 Convention (analysis)
• SBC Executive Committee Action on Motion to Recognize and Accept Gifts from Only One Convention in Each State (2003 SBC Executive Committee resolution)

• Comparison of SBTC and BGCT budgets, 2003
• Events in the Southern Baptist crisis in cooperation, part 1: through 1999 (analysis) (incomplete)
• Events in the Southern Baptist crisis in cooperation, part 2: 2000 to present (analysis) (incomplete)

• BGCT actions regarding homosexuality, 1991-2000 (incomplete)
• BGCT Resolutions, Actions, and Entity Statements Regarding Homosexuality (incomplete)

• Missouri Baptist Laymen's Association.

• BGCT actions regarding ordination of women, 1998-2000 (incomplete)

• Priesthood of the believer in the Baptist Faith and Message (analysis)
• SBC Resolutions and Statements Regarding Priesthood of the Believer

• Southern Baptists of Texas Convention

• List of SBTC Convention Meetings
• SBTC budget data, 1999-2004
• Comparison of SBTC and BGCT budgets, 2003
• Observations at the SBTC 2000 Convention (analysis)
• Observations at the SBTC 2002 Convention (analysis)
• Observations at the SBTC 2003 Convention (analysis)
• Requirements for affiliation with the SBTC (analysis)
• SBTC resolutions on abortion
• SBTC on the inerrancy of Genesis (analysis)
• Preliminary review of "An Historical Perspective" (analysis)

• A report on the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (analysis)
• Additional appendicies to A report on the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (analysis)