The Baptist Faith And Message 2000 Summary

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The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (BFM 2000) includes three sentences on academic freedom and responsibility that were first added to the 1963 version. The BFM 2000 reads: In Christian education there should be a proper balance between academic freedom and academic responsibility. Freedom in any orderly relationship of human life is always limited and never absolute. The freedom of a teacher in a Christian school, college, or seminary is limited by the pre-eminence of Jesus Christ, by the authoritative nature of the Scriptures, and by the distinct purpose for which the school exists [italics added].
According to this article, Southern Baptists are not supposed to allow full academic freedom but limited academic freedom to their six seminaries.