Sources

The Baptist Faith and Message

Citation Formats

General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "The Baptist Faith and Message." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-baptist-faith-and-message.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Baptist Faith and Message. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-baptist-faith-and-message

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-the-baptist-faith-and-message,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {The Baptist Faith and Message},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-baptist-faith-and-message},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Baptist Faith and Message is the Southern Baptist Convention's own confessional statement, first adopted in 1925 and revised in 1963 and again in 2000, and this record states that revision history rather than treating the current text as a single unchanging document. The 2000 text itself carries a preamble reciting the history of the two earlier statements and naming the committees that produced them, a self-documented revision history this record relies on directly. As a primary text it is authoritative for the Convention's own current confessional position, checkable against the 2000 text, not for how an individual Southern Baptist congregation, given the denomination's congregational polity, actually applies it locally. Use it to establish the Convention's own stated doctrine as of 2000.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Tier one: the confessional document read directly from the Southern Baptist Convention's own official site (bfm.sbc.net), the adopting body's own text rather than a secondary description of it.

Notes

The confessional statement of the Southern Baptist Convention. First adopted 1925, revised 1963 and 2000. The 2000 text carries a preamble reciting the history of the earlier statements and naming the committees that produced them.

Citation

Author

Southern Baptist Convention

Publication Year

2000

URL

https://bfm.sbc.net/bfm2000/

Source Type

primary-text

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Baptist

This source names Baptist directly: "The Baptist Faith and Message is the Southern Baptist Convention's own confessional statement, first adopted in 1925 and revised in 1963 and again in 2000, and this record states that revision..."

Source The Baptist Faith and MessageSouthern Baptist Convention

Claims Backed By This Source (83 claims)

This source backs 83 claims across the atlas. As facts: 33 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 17 holds, 2 connected, 3 critiqued Here, 3 rejected Here, 1 held Differently. Plus 23 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Articles, 18 claims: 12 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 connected, 3 general references.
Denominations, 13 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 rejected Here, 2 general references.
Rituals, 12 claims: 4 holds, 2 critiqued Here, 6 general references.
Creeds & Confessions, 10 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 4 holds, 1 general references.
Doctrines, 8 claims: 2 holds, 1 rejected Here, 1 held Differently, 4 general references.
Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
Practices, 6 claims: 2 holds, 1 critiqued Here, 3 general references.
Years, 6 claims: 3 holds, 3 general references.
Beliefs & Restrictions, 2 claims: 1 rejected Here, 1 general references.