The Baptist Faith and Message
Adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention May 9, 1963
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VIII. The Lord’s Day
The first day of the week is the Lord's Day. It is a
Christian institution for regular observance. It
commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and
should be employed in exercises of worship and spiritual
devotion, both public and private, and by refraining from
worldly amusements, and resting from secular employment’s,
work of necessity and mercy only being excepted.
Ex. 20:8-11; Matt.
12:1-12; 28:1 ff.;
Mark 2:27-28; 16:1-
7; Luke 24:1-3,
33-36; John
4:21-24; 20:1, 19-28;
Acts 20:7; 1
Cor. 16:1-2; Col. 2:16;
3:16; Rev.
1:10.
