According to David Dockery, Hobbs considered his work on the 1963 BFM his most enduring achievement for the cause of the kingdom.2 Dockery also noted that he nevertheless was hesitant to acknowledge the place of doctrinal confessions as normative for the Christian community. His emphasis on individualism and the competency of the soul in each believer moved him to a false dichotomy between a “living faith” and a “confessional or creedal faith.”3 What emerges from Coppenger’s and Dockery’s articles