BMAA DOCTRINAL STATEMENT. 2016 EDITION - Tecno-Libro

.On May 25-26, 1950, representatives from 465 churches met in Little Rock, Arkansas, to set in order an association of churches for missionary, education, and benevolent ministries. Those representatives (messengers) of the churches elected a committee of twenty-one to produce a Statement of Principles, including a Doctrinal Statement, in order to provide guidelines of cooperation for the new association, now known as the Baptist Missionary Association of America.Primarily because of time restrictions, that committee formulated a brief statement of each doctrine rather than a broader explanation of Bible truths. Through the following years, the messengers in annual sessions expanded some articles for clarification, resulting in some articles being expressed in full sentences while others were only brief phrases. Many came to believe that the Statement would become a more effective document through a balanced restatement of the truths it contained.&nb