Historical Documents

SBC Founding Document #3: The Gospel Developed through the Government & Order of the Churches of Christ

By Rev. William Bullein Johnson, D.D. Founding President of the Southern Baptist Convention 1845

SBC Founding Document #2: The Constitution

Preamble & Constitution of the Southern Baptist Convention Augusta, Georgia 1845

SBC Founding Document #1: An Brief Excerpt From the Southern Baptist Manifesto “Address to the Public”

Distributed at the first convention.

Who Is a Cooperating Church in the SBC?