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William Screven (c. 1629 – 1713) was a 17th-century Reformed Baptist church planter and preacher from England who founded the first Baptist church in the South. William Augustine Screven was born in the town of Somerton in Somerset, England in 1629, and emigrated to New England in the 1640s. [ 1 ]
17th-century missionary activity in Asia and the Americas grew strongly, put down roots, and developed its institutions, though it met with strong resistance in Japan in particular. At the same time Christian colonization of some areas outside Europe succeeded, driven by economic as well as religious reasons.
The modern scholarly consensus that the movement traces its origin to the 17th century via the English Separatists. The view that it was an outgrowth of the Anabaptist movement of believer's baptism begun in 1525 on the European continent. The perpetuity view, which assumes that the Baptist faith and practice has existed since the time of Christ.
John Myles, also known as John Miles, (c. 1621–1683) was the founder of Swansea, Massachusetts, and the founder of the earliest recorded Baptist churches in Wales (UK) and Massachusetts (US). John Myles was born in Wales around 1621 and was educated at Brasenose College at Oxford University .
Christianity is associated by some with the impacts of colonialism due to the religion being a frequent justification among the motives of colonists. [12] For example, Toyin Falola asserts that there were some missionaries who believed that "the agenda of colonialism in Africa was similar to that of Christianity". [13]
In the late 16th and early 17th century General Baptists were led by John Smyth and Thomas Helwys. [5] Under Helwys' leadership, this group established a church at Spitalfields outside London. [6]
In the history of colonialism, a plantation was a form of colonization in which settlers would establish permanent or semi-permanent colonial settlements in a new region. The term first appeared in the 1580s in the English language to describe the process of colonization before being also used to refer to a colony by the 1610s.
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC).. It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, [1] the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis ...