An honest self-check before you apply — because the goal isn’t simply to join, but to join well.
Doctrinal agreement is one of the four marks of a cooperating church — so here is the shared statement of belief, in plain language.
Before any paperwork, one surprising truth makes everything else simple: you don’t really “join” the SBC the way you’d join a club.
Once your church has decided it’s a good fit, here is the clear, orderly path to begin cooperating — from first prayer to seating messengers.
Many Slavic churches already belong to a Baptist union — and worry they’d have to leave it. Here’s the reassuring truth.
The honest, specific answer to the question behind every other question: “If we cooperate with the SBC, what actually happens to our church?”
Everything in this section applies to you — but a few things deserve to be said directly to our Russian- and Ukrainian-speaking churches.