WHEREAS, The Southern Baptist Convention recognizes, first, that widespread distribution of the printed Word of God is a basic need in mission work around the world; and second, that missionary advance calls for even greater distribution of Bibles, New Testaments, Gospels, other individual books of the Bible, and shorter Scripture selections, and
WHEREAS, The American Bible Society renders an essential worldwide missionary service through translating and publishing the Scriptures without note or comment and through distributing them without profit and usually below cost, and
WHEREAS, The American Bible Society is rendering an additional special service through providing, without charge to the chaplains, Scriptures for distribution to the men and women of the armed forces and to patients in Veterans hospitals, and
WHEREAS, The American Bible Society has made an unprecedented contribution to the Christian witness in the widespread distribution of an inexpensive translation of the New Testament, “Good News for Modern Man,”
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention at New Orleans, June 12, 1969, fraternally urge all our churches and our people to support as possible the work of the American Bible Society as an additional instrument for providing Scriptures for missionary advance and personal devotion.