I am having difficutlies finding where the religion Baptist originated from, can someone please help me out.?

Question

*Where did Baptist originate?
*When did Baptist originate?
*Any history of the religion?

Answer 1

Baptists were originally separatists in the Puritan reaction to perceived corruptions in the Church of England in the 1600s.

In 1608, to avoid persecution, John Smyth led a group of separatists to the more tolerant Dutch Republic. It was in the Dutch Republic that a distinctive Baptist faith first emerged amongst the English émigrés. Open debate amongst the émigrés, and close contact and interaction with continental Protestants, led the congregation to question the meaning and practice of baptism, among other things. John Smyth became convinced that baptism should be for Christian believers only and not for infants. The other English émigrés agreed. However, at the same time as Smyth started to embrace Mennonite doctrines, Thomas Helwys and a dozen or so others began to formulate the earliest Baptist confessions of faith. This ‘confession’ became the 27 articles in ‘A Declaration of Faith of English people remaining at Amsterdam in Holland’ (1611).

Protestant dissenters in England still faced being burnt at the stake for ‘Heresy’. On 11th April 1611, Baptist Edward Wightman became the last religious martyr to be burnt.

Helwys and twelve Baptist émigrés returned to England to speak out against religious persecution. In 1612, they founded the first Baptist congregation on English soil in Spitalfields, London. The congregation were General Baptist imbued with an Arminian theology

Answer 2

Baptists began originally as the Anabaptists, referring to the fact that they believed in re-baptism (baptism of adults), which ran quite contrary to the faith of Roman Catholics and other protestants, which practiced infant baptism. These groups also are reflected in the Amish and Mennonite churches.

The English version of this movement called themselves Baptists, and they were dissenters against the Church of England, primarily starting in the early 17th century.

Answer 3

The first Baptist church was founded in Amsterdam, Holland, by John Smyth, a former Anglican bishop, in 1606.
.

Answer 4

Im not to sure of the origin of the baptist church. I go to a batist church and I dont consider myself anything other than a born again christian. It may have something to do with John the baptist.

Answer 5

glad i paid attention in history. well, this group of people didn't really agree with the anabaptist(quakers), so they decided to build a new protestant church, the Baptists. if u have any other questions, just say so.

Answer 6

All I know is that it's part of Protestantism! And Protestantism came about during the Reformation period and split from Catholicism!

Answer 7

Non biased sources include:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist

As well as some information on the Anabaptists:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabaptists

I hope this helps you in your research.

Answer 8

If you go to this site it will give you the answers that you are looking for I think.

Answer 9

I am not well versed in that so all I can do is give you a link.
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/sbaptists.html