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Freewill Baptist Church (also known as Prospect Aid Meeting House and Muskego Meeting House) is a historic church at 19750 W. National Avenue in New Berlin, Wisconsin, United States. It was built in 1859 [ 2 ] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
In 1850, 10 years after the end of the Second Great Awakening (1790–1840), of the 341 churches with regular services in the Wisconsin, 110 were Methodist, 64 were Catholic, 49 were Baptist, 40 were Presbyterian, 37 were Congregationalist, 20 were Lutheran, 19 were Episcopal, and 2 were Dutch Reformed. [5]
As of 2014, approximately 15.3% of Americans identified as Baptist, making Baptists the second-largest religious group in the United States, after Roman Catholics. [1] By 2020, Baptists became the third-largest religious group in the United States, with the rise of nondenominational Protestantism.
Adherents to this position consider the influence of Anabaptists upon early Baptists to be minimal. [3] It was a time of considerable political and religious turmoil. Both individuals and churches were willing to give up their theological roots if they became convinced that a more biblical "truth" had been discovered. [8]
Maranatha Baptist Bible College opened just three months later, on September 10, 1968, with 173 students and 27 faculty members. Maranatha awarded degrees to the first graduating class, 13 students, on May 31, 1969. Maranatha was chartered by the State of Wisconsin in 1968 and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission in 1993. [3]
The history of Wisconsin includes the story of the people who have lived in Wisconsin since it became a state of the U.S., but also that of the Native American tribes who made their homeland in Wisconsin, the French and British colonists who were the first Europeans to live there, and the American settlers who lived in Wisconsin when it was a territory.
Pages in category "Baptists from Wisconsin" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Baptists from Wisconsin (11 P) C. Baptist churches in Wisconsin (6 P) Pages in category "Baptist Christianity in Wisconsin" The following 3 pages are in this category ...