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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]
During the 21st century, the New Independent Fundamental Baptist movement was founded out of the Independent Baptist movement by Steven Anderson. However, this movement has been heavily criticized by Independent Baptists due to many doctrinal differences. [106] Some former New IFB pastors have also charged the association of being a cult. [107]
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]
In 1702, English General Baptists who had settled in the Province of Carolina requested help from the General Baptists in England.Though they did not receive the requested assistance, native Paul Palmer labored there about 25 years later, and founded the first "General" or "Free Will" Baptist church in Chowan County, North Carolina, in 1727.
Baptist churches were soon found elsewhere in colonial America. The First Baptist Church of Boston was founded in 1665, and Pennepack Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was organized in 1688. The founding of First Baptist Church of Charleston, South Carolina, in the late 1690s marked the spread of Baptists to the South.
William Cathcart (1881). "The Baptists of North Carolina". The Baptist Encyclopedia. Baptist History Series. Vol. 2 (reprinted by The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc. 2001 ed.). Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts. p. 854. ISBN 978-1-57978-910-7. Livingston Johnson (1908). History of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention. Raleigh, NC: Edwards ...
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The Baptist Bulletin of the GARBC defines them simply as groups who believe "orthodox, Baptist doctrine" and "affirm the rule or measure of the Scripture." [2] [a] As compared to General Baptists or Free Baptists, Regular Baptists were strict in their beliefs, and also called Strict or Hard-shell Baptists. [2]