For Laity

In some churches Mainstream deacons, trustees, officers, committee members, Sunday School teachers, mission workers and others who wholeheartedly affirm the current BFM but object to statements in the revised BFM will be removed from positions of leadership and be denied opportunities for service.

Congregations that affirm the current BFM but object to the revised BFM may find that their association and state convention will no longer give support to the congregation’s missions and ministries.

Congregations that affirm the current BFM but object to the revised BFM will grow increasingly dissatisfied with Sunday School literature and other denominational resources that will reflect only the teachings of the revised BFM.

For Churches

If SBC affiliation becomes contingent upon affirming the revised BFM, dissenting congregations with certain deed restrictions on their property may be forced to rebuild at different locations or fight costly court battles to keep their property.

Some congregations that object to statements in the revised BFM will be forced to revise their Constitutions and By-laws to shield themselves from lawsuits by takeover minded Fundamentalists.

Mainstream ministers, missionaries, professors and denominational workers who wholeheartedly affirm the current BFM but object to statements in the revised BFM will be forced to either compromise their integrity or lose their jobs and be denied opportunities for service.

For Clergy

Ministerial students from churches that wholeheartedly affirm the current BFM but object to statements in the revised BFM will no longer receive tuition assistance at SBC seminaries and will be denied opportunities for advancement and service.