The
faith community known as Second Baptist Church embraces the historic doctrines
of our Christian tradition and affirms the distinctive features of our Baptist
heritage:
The right and responsibility of
believers to interpret the Bible thoughtfully and faithfully, as guided by the
Holy Spirit;
The priesthood of all believers,
who, with liberty of conscience under the Lordship of Christ, are free under God
and responsible to God and to each other in the body of faith;
The autonomy of the local
church, which is free to cooperate with other Christian bodies as it deems
appropriate to advance the cause of Christ locally and around the world; and
The separation of church and state, recognizing that a free church within
a free state best enables all to practice the God-given gift of religious
liberty.