Following is the entire booklet which was produced to present, explain, and defend the amendment to the BGC Affirmation of Faith. It was made available to all the delegates at the 1999 annual meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida.

NOTE TO THE READER!

  • The following amendment as you find it posted here has indeed been voted on! For the official results (and we know you’ll be curious) please see the following link to Bethel college. www.bgc.bethel.edu/4know/report.htm (NOTE! This link is no longer valid)
  • Also, you can find some books written from an anti-Open theist perspective in section III of the books pages on this site.

 

God,

Foreknowledge

and the

Baptist General Conference

Explanation and Rationale for the Proposed Amendment to the Affirmation of Faith of the Baptist General Conference

“God foreknows infallibly all that shall come to pass.”

June 22-25, 1999

St. Petersburg, Florida

From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass,

so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am. — Jesus Christ

John 13:19

Prepared by the

Concerned Pastors and Leaders

Table of Contents

1. Our Prayer in Times of Controversy

2. How to Use this Booklet

3.The Location and Wording of the Amendment

4. The Impetus for the Amendment

5. The Process of the Controversy

6. God and the Nature of the Future

7. Calvinism and Arminianism

8. Fourteen Reasons that the Issue is Important

9. Defining Who We Are: the Affirmation of Faith

10. Implications for Bethel if the Amendment Passes

11. Personal Issues

12. Conclusion

Appendix One: Various Theologians on Omniscience and Foreknowledge

Appendix Two: Answering Some of Greg Boyd’s Key Texts Used in Support of His “Open” View of Foreknowledge