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

XXII. Co-Operation

Christ's people should, as occasion requires, organize such associations and conventions as may best secure co-operation for the great objects of the Kingdom of God. Such organizations have no authority over each other or over the churches. They are voluntary and advisory bodies designed to elicit, combine, and direct the energies of our people in the most effective manner. Individual members of New Testament churches should co-operate with each other, and the churches themselves should co-operate with each other in carrying forward the missionary, educational, and benevolent program for the extension of Christ's Kingdom. Christian unity in the New Testament sense is spiritual harmony and voluntary co-operation for common ends by various groups of Christ's people. It is permissable and desirable as between the various Christian denominations, when the end to be attained is itself justified, and when such co-operation involves no violation of conscience or compromise of loyalty to Christ and his Word as revealed in the New Testament.

Ezra 1:3-4; 2:68-69; 5:14-15; Neh. 4:4-6; 8:1-4; Mal. 3:10; Matt. 10:5-15; 20:1-16; 22:1-10; Acts 1:13-14; 1:21:26; 2:1,41-47; 1 Cor. 1:10-17; 12:11-12; 13; 14:33-34,40; 16:2; 2 Cor. 9:1-15; Eph. 4:1-16; 3 John 1:5-8.