Level 100

J. I. Packer's insightful and practical approach to understanding God has impacted countless Christians throughout the world as they are introduced to the wonder and joy of knowing God. Now available in a beautiful hardcover edition.

The pages you have before you are not just a theology book in the stricest sense of that term although they contain theology. It is far from being a historu book although it contains some history. It is more an opening up of our hearts and minds and introducing ourselves to the world as General Baptists. For far too long wehave just talked to ourseleves. The publication of the book gives us an opportunity to speak to the outside world and to let that world know some of the beleifs, backgrounds, attitudes, motives, hopes and dreams of the people called General Baptists.

The Social Issues Commission of the General Association of General Baptists is charged with assisting General Baptists in the consideration of vital issues within our society. This commission developed, "The Social Principals if General Baptists" as approved by the 1975 General Association. This booklet represents editorial modifications and clariifications (1988) to the 1975 version. Section II D was approved by the 1993 General Association Delegates. Additional editorial modifications and clarifications were made in 1998, 2001, 2003, 2014, and 2017.