; and WHEREAS, Scripture contains categories and principles by which to deal with racism, sexism, oppression, injustice, and abuse that are not rooted in secular ideologies; and WHEREAS, Humanity is primarily identified in Scripture as image bearers of God, even as biblical authors address various audiences according to characteristics such as male and female, Jew and Gentile, slave and free; and WHEREAS, The New Covenant further unites image bearers by creating a new humanity that will one day inhabit the new creation, and that the people of this new humanity, though descended from every nation, tribe, tongue, and people, are all one through the gospel of Jesus Christ (Ephesians 0:00; Revelation 00:0-0, 0-00); and WHEREAS, Christian citizenship is not based on our differences but instead on our common salvation in Christ - the source of our highest, most pervasive, and ultimate identity (Galatians 0:00; Philippians 0:0-00); and WHEREAS, The Southern Baptist Convention is committed to racial reconciliation and unity built upon biblical presuppositions and is committed to seeking biblical justice through biblical means; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in 