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

XXIII. Evangelism and Missions

It is the duty of every Christian man and woman, and the duty of every church of Christ to seek to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. The new birth of man's spirit by God's Holy Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort on the part of all rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life. It is also expressly and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. It is the duty of every child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by personal effort and by all other methods sanctioned by the gospel of Christ.

Matt. 10:5; 13:18-23; 22:9-10; 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; 16:19-20; Luke 24:46-53; Acts 1:5-8; 2:1-2,21,39; 8:26-40; 10:42-48; 13:2,30-33; 1 Thess. 1-8.