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This was the third building of the First Baptist Church. The church had a tower 120 feet high with Amherst sandstone exterior. The church was built debt-free when the cornerstone was laid on September 29, 1889. [7] In 1900, seventeen members of the church formed the East Cleveland Baptist Church.
No one disputed the earlier origins of the Providence church until 1847 when the pastor of the Newport church claimed that his church was first. According to a Baptist historian who has researched the matter extensively, "There is much debate over the centuries as to whether the Providence or Newport church deserved the place of 'first' Baptist ...
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 ...
Baptist successionism (or Baptist perpetuity) is one of several theories on the origin and continuation of Baptist churches. The theory postulates an unbroken lineage of churches (since the days of John the Baptist , who baptized Christ ) which have held beliefs similar to those of current Baptists .
Baptists practice believer's baptism and the Lord's Supper (communion) as the ordinances instituted in Scripture (Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26). [5] [additional citation(s) needed] Most Baptists call them "ordinances" (meaning "obedience to a command that Christ has given us") [6] [7] instead of "sacraments" (activities God uses to impart salvation or a means of grace to the participant).
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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 ...
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