It need answers about where is the first baptist church made, what are the main beliefs, who was the funder of the church and ect.
2007-08-13 04:24:38 · 8 answers · asked by rida_chick21 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"The earliest Baptist church is traced back to 1609 in Amsterdam, with John Smyth as pastor. The group's embracing of "believer's baptism" became the defining moment which led to the establishment of this first Baptist church. Shortly thereafter, Smyth left the group, and Thomas Helwys took over the leadership, leading the church back to England in 1611. "
Belief-wise the Baptists call their beliefs that set them apart "Baptist Distinctives"
In a nutshell, they are:
Bible is the ultimate source of authority
Priesthood of the believer - each person is responsible before God for their beliefs. And each believer has access to God through Christ.
Religious Liberty- Gov'ts shouldn't tell people how to worship
two ordinances - baptism and Lord's supper are symbolic.
Baptism of believers (not babys) by immersion
Autonomy of the local church
Most Baptist churches have a confession of faith. That sums up what that church believes. Most Southern Baptist churches subscribe to the "Baptist Faith and Message" though there are different editions. They say their ultimate authority is Scripture, not a man-made statement. But the confessions are for convienience and to give people a basic outline of what most baptists believe.
Check out the links below. They will tell you lots more! (More than you ever wanted to know. :)
2007-08-14 07:26:05 · answer #1 · answered by Philippian 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The core belief of the Baptist Church is the Believers Baptism. This is supported in scripture. If you want to do a great study go through the new testament and make a list of how many new believers where Baptists immediately following their conversion verses believers that were never baptised.
Remember baptism is a public profession of faith not a requirement of salvation.
2007-08-21 09:53:10 · answer #2 · answered by Praise to the Trinity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started as a separatist movement in the. 16th century which was a Protestant movement. However some Baptist maintain they they were never a part of either of these movements but rather existed since the days of Christ.
The Baptist Church in the Us seems to have been independent of these.Roger William from England fled to America in 1631 in 1639 the first Baptist Church was open.
they believe in the Baptism of adults not infants, absolute autonomy, and the Scriptures
2007-08-20 21:36:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Thank you for that one We are just a little confused
2007-08-13 11:36:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Peace to the people of the books inshAllah everyone has come to order in the Green light and we all can bask in the sunlight of Allah SWT never bending light ameen
Salam to you all and to all a good night. Khair inshAllah
Islam speaks about some things and so do other books KJV I enjoyed but again its easy where the LEFT has made its errors the devine one speaks unto thee and from High Above Salam :) May Allah SWT be pleased with Yahya A.s. from what I learned, there was no prophet ever harmed so I have no real Idea where they feel prophet would have been hurt. But King Nexus did help Islam Al hamdoullah and those are our brothers and sisters and inshAllah in time I will find more links to these great books of wisdom that brought us INVENTION! THANKS JIM C... wu BABAs :)
2007-08-21 07:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As a child, I was born into a baptist household, parents, grandparents and their folks before them......
Never understood what they believed, as each church had a different doctrine and taught such. Everything was "A MYSTERY" in the preachers and deacons vocabularies.....they couldn't explain what they didn't understand either. *sigh*
Thank God for the truth that set me free!
Praise Jah you people!
2007-08-20 15:08:06 · answer #6 · answered by sugarbee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The founder was Jesus. He had help from some of His Homies.
Keep your eyes on Jesus and things like that won't matter anymore.
2007-08-21 01:42:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is the one that the church is founded on . & church is made in your heart ..
2007-08-21 10:02:15 · answer #8 · answered by robert c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋