FEW IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW AND PONDER ABOUT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE NIGERIAN BAPTIST CONVENTION, AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU AND YOUR LOCAL CHURCH. 

1. BARRIER TO MISSION AND EVANGELISM  

UNDERSTANDING AUTONOMY OF THE LOCAL CHURCH

Baptists Believe in Church Autonomy

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia.” Revelation 1:11

UNDERSTANDING CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH GOVERNANCE

“So in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.”Romans 12:5 (NIV)

UNDERSTANDING THE PRIESTHOOD OF THE BELIEVER

“Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” 1 Peter 2:9