The following standing resolutions were presented at the 80^th Annual National Meeting

June 13-15, 2000, at Faith Baptist Church, Taylors, South Carolina:

The FBF reaffirms its commitment to be true to the fundamentals of the faith as expressed in the updated FBF Constitution approved at the 2000 National Meeting, to remain Baptist, and to continue as a fellowship of individuals. Although the FBF has seen many changes in its 80-year history as it developed from the Fundamentalist Fellowship of Northern Baptists, to the Conservative Baptist Fellowship, to the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship, as it enters a new millennium the FBF is still:

Fundamental—basic, essential, or foundational. Fundamentalism is defined by Webster’s as "religious beliefs based on literal interpretation of everything in the Bible regarded as fundamental to the Christian faith and morals."

Baptist—those holding that baptism should be given only to believers after confession of faith and by immersion. The Bible teaches that water baptism is a physical picture of a spiritual fact; that Christians are those who have been "immersed" by the Holy Spirit into the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Immersion is the only way to picture death, burial, and resurrection using water, and we believe that the Bible makes it clear that baptism pictures belief; it is not a substitute for it.

Fellowship—defined by Webster’s as "companionship; friendly association; a mutual sharing, as of experience, activity, interest, etc. A group of people with the same interests; company; brotherhood."

The FBF is resolved to continue to be a company of Bible-believing Baptists in friendly association with one another.

The FBF reaffirms its commitment to engage in the militant defense of the Bible as the verbally, plenarily inspired Word of God in the Old and New Testaments, without error in the original writings, and the sole authority of faith and practice, providentially preserved as God’s eternal word (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 2:20-21; 2 Sam. 23:2; Matt. 24:35).

Furthermore, the FBF reaffirms its commitment to interpret that Word accurately, preach its principles and precepts clearly and boldly, present its message of salvation to all men tirelessly, live obediently under its authority in all areas of life and faith, and to study so as to rightly divide its contents so that we may be approved workmen unto God (2 Tim. 2:15, 4:2).

The FBF reaffirms its commitment to stand against those who would deny the orthodox position of inspiration and inerrancy (Jude 3) as articulated in the FBF Constitution. The FBF rejects the notion that Baptists have "soul liberty" to adjust plain statements of Scripture to accommodate transient cultural trends as some Southern Baptist churches are doing in ordaining women.

The FBF reaffirms its commitment to the Biblical doctrines of the virgin birth and deity of Jesus Christ. We affirm that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God (Mark 1:1, John 3:16), one with the Father and the Spirit in essence, attributes, and glory, yet distinct as an eternal and uncreated Person (John 1:1-3, Col. 1:16-17, Heb. 1:8). We reject all forms of doctrine which deny that Jesus Christ is fully God or deny that He exists eternally as a Person distinct from the Father and the Spirit (Matt. 28:19, 2 Cor. 13:14). We affirm the Biblical teaching regarding the virgin conception and birth of Jesus Christ, that a child was conceived in the womb of Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit while she remained a virgin as had been prophesied in the Scriptures (Isa. 7:14, Matt. 1:18-23, Luke 1:34). We reject any approach to the Scriptures that denies the truthfulness, accuracy, and importance of the Gospel records of the virgin birth. We affirm the full and genuine humanity of Jesus Christ, that He was made like us in all points except sin (Heb. 2:14, 17; 4:15). We reject as heretical all attempts to deny the full humanity of Jesus Christ (1 John 4:2). We affirm that through the virgin birth and incarnation the Son of God exists as one Person with two natures, divine and human, and that these natures remain distinct from each other although united in one person (Rom. 1:3-4, 9:5). We reject as false those teachings that divide the Person of Christ into two persons, one being divine and the other being human, or that mingle the two natures of Christ into each other to form a divine-human hybrid. We affirm with the Scriptures that denial of these doctrines is a rejection of Jesus Christ which excludes one from fellowship with God, and we affirm that believers must not fellowship with those who deny the Biblical doctrines about Christ (2 John 9-11). We reject all attempts to accommodate or compromise with the unbelief of apostates, or to soften the militancy with which we must articulate and defend the doctrine of Jesus Christ.

The FBF reaffirms its commitment to the Biblical doctrines of the vicarious atonement and bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that the Lord Jesus died as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of men according to the Scriptures, and all who receive Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood (1 Cor. 15:3; 2 Cor. 5:21; Rom. 3:21-26; Heb. 2:9; 1 John 2:2). Since we believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His bodily ascension into Heaven, and in His present life the assurance that we will never pay for any sin, although we are eternally indebted to Jesus Christ who paid for them all. We rest in the confidence that our enemy, death, has been defeated and that as Christ rose so shall we. This glorious truth infuses every act of obedience, every moment of service, and every sacrifice in His name, with purpose and promise. It is not in vain (1 Cor. 15:55-58).

The FBF reaffirms its commitment to belief in the miracles of the Bible (Psa. 77:14) while denying the claims of the modern miracle movement. The Fundamental Baptist Fellowship stands to defend the Bible as a supernatural book (2 Tim. 3:16) and is intolerant of any who doubt the veracity of the Biblical record in matters of faith, history, or science. We believe that every supernatural event recorded in the Bible happened as the Bible said it happened and refuse to adopt any allegorical or less-than-literal interpretation. The FBF recognizes that God is sovereign and may choose to show himself in miraculous fashion. The FBF rejects the "Power-Evangelism" philosophy of the Third Wave Movement. We believe that Biblical miracles were used to validate the messengers of God (Ex. 4; 2 Cor. 12:12) and to identify the Messiah of promise (Matt. 11:2-6). Unlike the Third Wave proponents and the charismatics, we do not believe that miracles are or were God’s most effective weapons to bring the gospel to the lost (John 12:37; Rom. 10:17).

The FBF reaffirms its commitment to the Biblical doctrines of personal separation from worldliness and ecclesiastical separation from unbelief and compromise (1 John 2:15-17; 2 Cor. 6:14-18; 2 Thess. 3:6; Rom. 16:17). Fundamental Baptists cannot cooperate with New Evangelicals because they disobey the clear commands of Scripture, thereby rejecting the Bible as their final authority. Instead of separation, they favor of a philosophy and practice of dialogue and infiltration. New Evangelicals desire to have the commendation of the customs and conventions of our culture (the world), in violation of Scriptures such as 1 John 2:15-16. Instead of influencing a corrupt culture, they are instead corrupted by it. New Evangelicals are more concerned with man’s needs than with God’s commands.

Furthermore, the Biblical doctrine of separation requires that the FBF go on record in opposition to a meeting in May 2000 in Toronto. Twenty-six Anglican and Catholic bishops from 13 countries agreed to create a commission to study how to unite the two churches after a 466-year rift. Last year, the joint Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission declared that Christians should accept the authority of the Catholic pope as a "gift to be received by all churches." The FBF membership supports wholeheartedly those who led a May 15 protest of the Anglican "betrayal of the Protestant faith."

The FBF expresses its sincere appreciation to Dr. John Vaughn and the people of Faith Baptist Church of Taylors, South Carolina, for hosting the 80^th Annual Meeting of the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship. This church has shown itself a real friend of the ministry of the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship. We thank the Lord for the servant’s heart of their excellent staff and for graciously making their facilities available to us. We pray God’s richest blessings on them.