The Making of the 1963 Baptist Faith and Message

by A.J. Smith and William M. Linden

Questions regarding the orthodoxy of Dale Moody and Ralph Elliott propelled the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) toward a re-evaluation of its doctrinal statement, the Baptist Faith and Message (BFM). The SBC adopted this document in 1925 under the leadership of E. Y. Mullins when faced by the challenge of modernism. This dissertation argues that the 1962 Committee on Baptist Faith and Message produced a document that expressed subtle shifts in Baptist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556354266
• ISBN13: 9781556354267
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"