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Thomas Meredith (July 7, 1795 – November 13, 1850) was an influential Baptist pastor, one of the founders of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSCNC) in the United States, and the founder and editor of the Biblical Recorder newspaper. [1]
Shubal Stearns (sometimes spelled Shubael; 28 January 1706 – November 20, 1771), was a colonial evangelist and preacher during the Great Awakening.He converted after hearing George Whitefield and planted a Baptist Church in Sandy Creek, Guilford County, North Carolina. [1]
By 1740, about eight Baptist churches existed in the colonies of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with an estimated 300 to 400 members. [33] New members, both black and white, were converted chiefly by Baptist preachers who traveled throughout the Southern United States during the 18th and 19th centuries, in the eras of the First ...
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina ... The convention was founded on March 26, ... , there were over 4,300 Southern Baptist congregations in North ...
While in Maryland, Palmer served the First Baptist Church in Baltimore County. [2] Around 1727, Palmer founded North Carolina's first Baptist church at Perquimans (present day Shiloh) in Camden County. [3] Palmer and his wife Joanna were indicted by the North Carolina provincial courts for their ministry. [4]
In 1636 Roger Williams founded the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. It remains the first and oldest congregation in the United States. The meeting house dates from 1775. Roger Williams and John Clarke, his compatriot in working for religious freedom, are credited with founding the Baptist faith in North America. [5]
Baptists are a denomination of Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion.Baptist churches generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul competency (the responsibility and accountability of every person before God), sola fide (salvation by faith alone), sola scriptura (the Bible is the sole infallible ...
Independent Black Baptist churches were formed in ... originally including Alabama, North Carolina, ... The board was founded in 1915 following disputes between ...