The 1925 Baptist Faith and Message

• Preamble to the 1925 Baptist Faith and Message
• I. The Scriptures
• II. God
• III. The Fall of Man
• IV. The Way of Salvation
• V. Justification
• VI. The Freeness of Salvation
• VII. Regeneration
• VIII. Repentance and Faith
• IX. God's Purpose of Grace
• X. Sanctification
• XI. Perseverance
• XII. The Gospel Church
• XIII. Baptism and the Lord's Supper
• XIV. The Lord's Day
• XXV. The Kingdom
• XV. The Righteous and the Wicked
• XVI. The Resurrection
• XVII. The Return of the Lord
• XXIII. Evangelism and Missions
• XX. Education
• XXIV. Stewardship
• XXII. Co-Operation
• XXI. Social Service
• XIX. Peace and War
• XVIII. Religious Liberty
• Adopted Resolution

XII. The Gospel Church

A church of Christ is a congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the ordinances of Christ, governed by his laws, and exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by his word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. Its Scriptural officers are bishops, or elders, and deacons.

Matt. 16:18; Matt. 18:15-18; Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:2; Acts 2:41-42; 5:13-14; 2 Cor. 9:13; Phil. 1:1; 1 Tim. 4:14; Acts 14:23; Acts 6:3,5-6; Heb. 13:17; 1 Cor. 9:6,14.