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Baptists

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Baptists denomination of Protestant Christians holding a distinctive belief with regard to the ordinance of baptism . Since 1644 the name has been applied to those who maintain that baptism should be administered to none but believers and that immersion is the only mode of administering baptism indicated in the New Testament. The doctrine and practices of some earlier bodies, such as the Anabaptists and Mennonites , were similar. Organization and Churches Baptist churches are congregational in matters of government. Such general associations as are formed do not have control over... Read more
Baptists
Baptists Growth. Although the revolutionary period as a whole was...resisted that tendency. Along with the Methodists, the Baptists laid the groundwork in these years for the spectacular...that soon became popular. Many were so-called General Baptists, who were much less rigid in their thinking about ... Read more
Baptists
Baptists. In general, Baptists are evangelical Protestant Christians who hold to the authority of...baptism by immersion, and evangelism and missionary outreach. Most Baptists are at least mildly Calvinistic, but smaller groups uphold the theologically... Read more

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