Both amendments barely received the two-thirds majority needed to pass at the Louisiana Baptist Convention. The convention comprises 1,600 churches throughout the state and drew 1,400 representatives to Bossier City's Civic Center.

The first vote added the Baptist Faith and Message, an outline of Baptist beliefs and doctrine, to the state denomination's constitution. The document first was approved by the national Southern Baptist Convention in 1925, with the most recent revision approved in 2000.