Alaska Baptists endorse Baptist Faith and Message

by Martin King                                                                                          Vol. XIV, No. 9, October 2001

Messengers to the Alaska Baptist Convention's annual meeting approved a resolution endorsing the Baptist Faith and Message and affirming the convention's relationship with the Southern Baptist Convention during the 7-8 August meeting attended by 133 messengers at College Heights Baptist Church in Soldotna.

The resolution affirming the BFM and the SBC, which was approved without opposition, was distributed to messengers and guests by the resolutions committee. It stated, in part, that the Baptist Faith and Message has been "an integral part of the fiber and theological life of Alaska Baptists [and] is accepted and used by the SBC and our partner entities such as the North American Mission Board, LifeWay Christian Resources, and others."

The resolution affirmed the state convention's "relationship with the Southern Baptist Convention as historic, God-led, and productive in the cause of reaching Alaska and the world for Jesus Christ." Further, the resolution said Alaska Baptists "endorse the Baptist Faith and Message 2000," and expressed appreciation to the BFM committee which "worked diligently, carefully and prayerfully."

The resolution encouraged "every autonomous Alaska Baptist congregation to study the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 and incorporate it into its life and organization as the congregation sees fit." [BP]