There are those who claim that the FIC argument is dependent upon embracing the regulative principle of worship. This is not completely accurate. We do believe that God and God alone has authority to define worship, and that children are involved in worship among the gathered saints. We also know from Scripture that these gatherings are always age integrated.

We state very clearly that the central proposition of the NCFIC is the sufficiency of Scripture – that you do not need the regulative principle to prove the point regarding the discipleship of youth. We are saying Scripture is sufficient for the discipleship of youth – both inside and outside the worship service. We conducted a major conference on the subject of the sufficiency of Scripture.

The section of the London Baptist Confession of 1689 where the FIC is grounded is Chapter 1, Of the Holy Scriptures, not in Chapter 22, Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day. While there are important principles in Chapter 22 for the discussion, it is not the heart of the discussion.