December 3, 2001
Louisiana Baptists affirm biblical inerrancy
___WESTWEGO, La.--Louisiana Baptists affirmed their belief in biblical inerrancy Nov. 12-13, while saying that "doubters of God's word" have conjured up less-effective words for biblical authority such as "infallible," "perfect" and "true."
___Meeting in a suburb of New Orleans, messengers to the Louisiana Baptist Convention adopted a resolution stating, "The Bible is inerrant, infallible, true, trustworthy, without mixture of error and that, singularly or together, these words mean that every statement and word of the Scripture is absolutely accurate concerning every field of knowledge it discusses."
___The resolution called on "all Louisiana Baptists, their churches, institutions, officers, committee members, executives, staff members, faculty and employees to renew our commitment to these basic Baptist convictions and to demonstrate that commitment by faithful obedience to every word that has proceeded out of God's mouth as recorded in the Holy Bible."
___Fundamentalists backed by the Louisiana Inerrancy Fellowship won the convention's top three offices. Steve James, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Lake Charles, was elected president by a 898-651 vote over Waylon Bailey, pastor of First Baptist Church of Covington and a former professor at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
___In other business, messengers approved a resolution defining what constitutes a "cooperating" Louisiana Baptist church. The action completes a process begun at last year's convention. Previously, the constitution simply required that a church "cooperates" with the convention in order to be able to send messengers to the annual meeting. Now churches will be required to contribute monetarily.
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