The Baptist Faith and Message
Adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention May 9, 1963
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XI. Evangelism and Missions
It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ
and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to
make disciples of all nations. 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, and is 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
in harmony with the gospel of Christ.
Gen. 12:1-3; Ex.
19:5-6; Isa. 6:1-8;
Matt. 9:37-38; 10:5-
15; 13:18-30,
37-43; 16:19;
22:9-10; 24:14;
28:18-20; Luke
10:1-18; 24:46-53;
John 14:11-12; 15:7-8,
16; 17:15;
20:21; Acts
1:8; 2; 8:26-40;
10:42-48; 13:2-3;
Rom. 10:13-15; Eph.
3:1-11; 1 Thess. 1:8;
2 Tim. 4:5; Heb.
2:1-3; 11:39 to
12:2; 1 Peter 2:4-10;
Rev. 22:17.
