RESOLUTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP MEETING AT THE SOUTH SHERIDAN BAPTIST CHURCH, DENVER, COLORADO
June 12-14, 1979

A fundamentalist is a genuine believer in the Person, Work, and Doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ who:
1. Regards the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, as the verbally inspired, inerrant, and in fallible Word of God.
2. Recognizes the Bible as the authoritative Voice of God on all issues pertaining to life-civil, social, and spiritual.
3. Endeavors to practice Biblical conduct in all areas of his life.
4. Believes in all the foundational truths of historic Christianity, including:

a. The inspiration of the Bible
b. The virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ
c. The Deity of Christ
d. The bodily resurrection, ascension, and literal return of the Lord Jesus Christ
e. Salvation by grace through faith and regeneration by the Holy Spirit
f. The eternal destinies of Heaven or Hell
g. Man is a sinner by nature and by choice.

5. Earnestly contends for the faith, which includes a militant defense and proclamation of the faith and separation from all forms of heresy, apostasy, unbelief, and inclusivism, direct or in direct.
6. Is compelled by love to expose error, within and without the household of faith.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship believes that all attempts for church union as represented by the National and World Councils of Churches, the recent Jesus '79 gatherings, and accommodations with the Roman Church are Satanic in origin and objectives, and calls upon all regenerate believers to separate from this apostasy that is condemned by the Word of God.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship believes that the religious movement known as New Evangelicalism has encouraged disobedience to the plain teachings of Scripture concerning separation and that it has changed the message, mood, methods, morals, and music of those who formerly were known as fundamentalists, and that it is to be rejected by true fundamentalists. This would include, but not be limited to, new evangelicalism in evangelism as practiced by the Billy Graham crusades; new evangelicalism in education as illustrated by Wheaton College, Fuller Theological Seminary, California Graduate School of Theology; new evangelicalism in campus movements such as Campus Crusade, Young Life, Youth for Christ, and Intervarsity Fellowship; new evangelicalism in publications such as Christian Life and Christianity Today; and new evangelicalism in missions such as Wycliffe Translators.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship recognizes the danger of the movement known as pseudo-fundamentalism, sees it as new evangelicalism in embryonic form, and calls upon all local Bible-believing churches to reject pseudo-fundamental activities as those of the Jerry Falwell ministries.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship exposes the modern-day charismatic movement as a counterfeit of true Christianity and as the catalytic agent for a one-world church of Antichrist; condemns it as subjective and experience-centered rather than objective and Scripture-centered; it warns Bible believers against charismatic ministries such as Pat Robertson and the 700 Club, the PTL Club, LOGOS publishers, Melodyland School of Theology, and the Full Gospel Business Men's Organization.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship deplores what appears to be a systematic and diabolical unilateral disarmament of our military establishment while at the same time the Soviet Union continues a massive arms buildup; and since the terms of SALT II provide for further curtailment of our military and the expansion of Soviet power, we go on record as opposing the ratification of the SALT II Disarmament Treaty.

We repudiate the position of those who refer to "historic" fundamentalism and claim identity with it, but who are unwilling to practice a militant exposure of all non-Biblical affirmations and attitudes and cover their "soft" and compromising position with the mantle of "love."

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship affirms its belief in the primacy of the local church, declares it to be the only Biblically mandated institution for the propagation of the Gospel and edifying of the saints, commends local church-planting to all fundamental Baptists, declares its belief that the so-called "elect church" as a para-church is a poor substitute for the church that Christ established, and admonishes our people to support their own local church and cease support of vast egocentric radio and television empires.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship believes that the historical doctrine of Biblical separation is a fundamental doctrine, that true Bible-believers are to be separate from all types of apostasy, liberalism, and new evangelicalism, and deplores the attempt made by those who call themselves fundamentalists to hide their "soft" position under the condemnation of secondary separation.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship abhors the intrusion of the bureaucracy into the affairs of the local church, condemns recent attempts by the IRS to regulate policies of private schools through the threat of the loss of a tax-exempt status, and believes that attempts to force unemployment compensation and other taxes upon churches and private schools is clearly unconstitutional and gives the federal government a tool to control, regulate, or to destroy Christian institutions.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship rejects the sensual trend of the religious music of today because it contradicts and nullifies the spiritual emphasis of the preaching and teaching ministries of the church. We oppose the superficial and carnal fruit produced by this music in the lives of both those who perform it and those who are exposed to it. We speak specifically of religious music which is overtly rock, country, and "pop" in style. Such music is basically rhythmic, sentimental, and emotional in character and the text generally emanates from a weak or distorted interpretation of the doctrines of Scripture. This above-described music is typified by the publications of Bill and Gloria Gaither, Benson Publishing House, Andrae Crouch, and other ecumenical and charismatic musicians who base fellowship and cooperation upon things other than the truth of God's Word. We oppose this music that incorrectly places the emphasis upon the physical instead of the spiritual and that has roots in the world instead of the Bible.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship commends the World Congress of Fundamentalists meeting in Manila, Philippines, November 10-18, 1980, as a worthy expression of true fundamentalism, and urges as wide attendance as possible.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship commends the burgeoning Christian school movements, but recommends caution in uniting with organizations, both local and national, which are new evangelical in sympathy or those who include charismatics. It urges all schools to be discerning and to operate from a philosophy of theism rather than secular humanism. We condemn schools seeking secular state, regional, or federal accreditation.

While recognizing that great pastors, missionaries, evangelists, and revivalists such as Charles Haddon Spurgeon, William Carey, George Whitefield, and Jonathan Edwards have aligned themselves with the theological system known as Calvinism, yet we reject in this day a hyper-Calvinism which negates or eliminates human responsibility in either the proclamation or reception of the Gospel message as destructive to a Biblical evangelism which would offer the Gospel freely to all men.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship rejects the trend to gimmickry as a means of promoting the Gospel ministry, the desire for "bigness," the justifying of every method so long as souls are saved, and urges a return to seeking God's glory, the convicting work of the Holy Spirit, and genuine repentance and conversion, lest our churches be filled with a "mixed multitude" with carnal appetites rather than a hungering and thirsting for righteousness.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship affirms its belief in the Bible, both Old and New Testaments (66 canonical books) as the verbally and plenarily inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God in the autographs, and rejects the books known as the Apocrypha as the inspired Word of God. We condemn paraphrases such as Living Letters and Good News for Modern Man and the products of unbelieving and liberal scholarship such as the Revised Standard Version, and recognize the unique and special place of the Authorized (King James) Version in the English-speaking world.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship recognizes that discussion and debate concerning the Biblical manuscripts has begun to attract national attention. In the process there has developed considerable confusion and misunderstanding as to the actual issues in the controversy, causing some fundamentalists on the one hand to take a "don't get me involved in that fanatical sidetrack" approach and some, on the other hand, to break fellowship with otherwise good men with whom they disagree on the subject.

We recognize that any issue involving the eternal Word of God is of necessity important and should be dealt with carefully, intelligently, and prayerfully.

Therefore, we resolve that this fellowship denounce the bitter, divisive tactics on the part of some in this country who resort to violent, unfounded accusations, vicious name-calling and destructive campaigns in order to propagate their position.

We further resolve that this fellowship take note of the large number of good men-pastors, educators, evangelists-on both sides of the debate and that we encourage these men and schools in further scholarly discussion and publication so long as they do so with courtesy and consideration for the godly, fundamental men with whom they disagree.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship opposes the Equal Rights Amendment and urges our legislators not to capitulate to the attempts made to pass this amendment. Furthermore, we oppose the ordination of women to the Gospel ministry as being unscriptural.

Inasmuch as the liberty we enjoy for the propagation of the Gospel both at home and abroad depends to a large extent on the human level on a free and strong America, and in view of the high priority the radical left and the ecumenical movement have assigned in the next few years for the destruction of our nuclear capabilities and generating plants, we call on our legislative and congressional leaders to go "full steam" ahead in the development of nuclear power, consistent with strict safety and security regulations, as well as of developing alternative sources of energy from the vast stores of coal, shale, solar, and geothermal potential with which God has stocked this good land. We moreover call for the death penalty for anyone found guilty of sabotage of any of our nuclear facilities.

The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship wishes to extend its thanks to Pastor Ed Nelson and the people and staff of the South Sheridan Baptist Church for their gracious western hospitality.

Homer Massey
Wendell Mullen
Dave Sproul
Russell Stolp
Wayne Van Gelderen
Archer Weniger
James Singleton, Chairman