FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY

"Freedom is not tangential to the Baptist identity; it is at the core of what it means to be a Baptist... Baptist freedoms are fragile; they are too readily relinquished from within and too easily pirated from without. Freedom can be abdicated. Freedom can also be stolen. Freedom-lovers have no choice but to be vigilant in the defense of freedom." -- Walter Shurden

Every Baptist freedom can be undermined by irresponsibility. No freedom gives one license to act without boundaries. Freedom demands individual and collective responsibility.

"If Baptists experiences a rebirt of commitment to (their liberties), they would not only rediscover their roots and their identity, they would also become prophetically relevant to the world today."-- Walter Shurden

A pdf version of this page is available here. This presentation of the Baptist Liberties is provided courtesy of Seattle First Baptist Church.