PROMOTE INTEREST IN ALL MATERIALS OF BAPTIST HISTORY, THEIR DISCOVERY, COLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND USE. TO ENCOURAGE THE COLLECTION OF MATERIALS AND THE WRITINGS OF PROPER RECORDS AND HISTORIES AND BIOGRAPHIES BY LOCAL CHURCHES, ASSOCIATIONS AND LARGER BODIES. MAKE AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH, THE MATERIALS IT SHALL BE ABLE TO ASSEMBLE AND WILL GUIDE IN THE LOCATION AND USE OF OTHER MATERIALS. WILL PUBLISH OR ENCOURAGE PUBLICATION OF SUCH DOCUMENTS AS ITS WISDOM MAY INDICATE AND ITS RESOURCES MAKE POSSIBLE.