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Baptist beliefs are seen as belonging to three parties: General Baptists who uphold Arminian soteriology, Particular Baptists who uphold Calvinist soteriology, [2] and Independent Baptists, who might embrace a strict version of either Arminianism or Calvinism, but are most notable for their fundamentalist positions on Biblical hermeneutics ...
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 ...
Originally, Baptists supported separation of church and state in England and America. [1] [2] Some important Baptist figures in the struggle were John Smyth, Thomas Helwys, Edward Wightman, Leonard Busher, Roger Williams (who was a Baptist for a short period but became a "Seeker"), John Clarke, Isaac Backus, and John Leland.
Memory and Hope: Strands of Canadian Baptist History. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-88920-267-2. Kevin Bauder (2012). Baptist Distinctives and New Testament Church Order. Regular Baptist Press. ISBN 978-1-60776-583-7. Kevin Bauder; Robert Delnay (2014). One in Hope and Doctrine: Origins of Baptist Fundamentalism 1870—1950. Regular ...
They share the traditional Baptist doctrinal distinctives, but they adhere to what they see as a Biblical principle of churches' individuality. Independent Baptists believe that this approach to ministry leaves pastors and people in the church free to work as a local ministry, instead of national work, which, in their view, can be less efficient.
This list of Baptist denominations is a list of subdivisions of Baptists, with their various Baptist associations, conferences, conventions, fellowships, groups, and unions around the world. Unless otherwise noted, information comes from the World Baptist Alliance .
Since the early days of the Baptist movement, various denominations have adopted common confessions of faith as the basis for cooperative work among churches. [1] The following is a list of confessions that have been important to the development of various Baptist churches throughout history.
General Baptists who accepted the existence of a second work of grace during the Holiness movement established denominations such as the Ohio Valley Association of the Christian Baptist Churches of God and Holiness Baptist Association. [13]