Baptist movement in America

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Baptist tradition Christian movement Protestant tradition

The Baptist movement in America is a Christian Protestant tradition that emerged in the 17th century emphasizing believer’s baptism, congregational autonomy, and religious liberty, profoundly shaping the nation’s religious and civic life.

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Label	Occurrences
Baptist movement in America canonical	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baptist tradition ⓘ Christian movement ⓘ Protestant tradition ⓘ
associatedWithDenomination	American Baptist Churches USA ⓘ Cooperative Baptist Fellowship ⓘ General Association of Regular Baptist Churches ⓘ Independent Baptist churches ⓘ National Baptist Convention of America International Inc. ⓘ surface form: National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. National Baptist Convention USA Inc. ⓘ surface form: National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Progressive National Baptist Convention ⓘ Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ
contributedTo	African American religious life ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ
earliestCenters	Middle Colonies ⓘ surface form: Middle colonies New England Colonies ⓘ surface form: New England colonies
earlyCenterCity	Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ Providence, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ surface form: Providence, Rhode Island
emphasizes	baptism of professing believers only ⓘ
experienced	regional division over slavery in the 19th century ⓘ
foundedCongregation	First Baptist Church in America ⓘ First Baptist Church in Newport ⓘ
governanceType	congregational polity ⓘ
hasCoreDoctrine	believer’s baptism ⓘ congregational autonomy ⓘ religious liberty ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Adoniram Judson ⓘ Isaac Backus ⓘ John Clarke ⓘ Lottie Moon ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Roger Williams ⓘ
hasTheologicalOrientation	evangelical ⓘ fundamentalist (in some groups) ⓘ liberal (in some groups) ⓘ mainline Protestant (in some groups) ⓘ moderate (in some groups) ⓘ
influenced	American church–state separation jurisprudence ⓘ First Amendment concepts of free exercise of religion ⓘ development of religious liberty in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	Baptists ⓘ surface form: English Baptists Puritanism ⓘ Nonconformist Protestants ⓘ surface form: Separatist churches
membershipBasis	personal profession of faith in Jesus Christ ⓘ
missionFocus	domestic evangelism ⓘ foreign missions ⓘ
organizationalPrinciple	local church autonomy ⓘ voluntary association of churches ⓘ
originatedInCentury	17th century ⓘ
originatedInRegion	British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ surface form: British North American colonies
participatedIn	Great Awakening ⓘ surface form: First Great Awakening Second Great Awakening ⓘ
rejects	infant baptism ⓘ
religiousBranchOf	Christianity ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
scriptureView	Bible as sole authority for faith and practice ⓘ
supports	freedom of conscience ⓘ separation of church and state ⓘ
worshipPractice	congregational singing ⓘ ordinance of baptism by immersion ⓘ ordinance of the Lord’s Supper ⓘ preaching-centered services ⓘ

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Roger Williams → movement → Baptist movement in America ⓘ