Baptists

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Baptists are members of a Protestant Christian denomination characterized by believer’s baptism, congregational governance, and a strong emphasis on religious liberty and separation of church and state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination
Protestant denomination
religious group
baptismMode immersion
churchPolity congregational
coreBelief authority of the Bible
baptism of professing believers only
believer’s baptism
religious liberty
salvation by faith in Jesus Christ
separation of church and state
emphasizes freedom of conscience
priesthood of all believers
soul competency
globalPresence Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
governancePrinciple autonomy of the local church
hasSubgroup Baptists self-linksurface differs
surface form: American Baptists

Baptist World Alliance member bodies
Baptists self-linksurface differs
surface form: Free Will Baptists

Baptists self-linksurface differs
surface form: General Baptists

Baptists self-linksurface differs
surface form: Independent Baptists

Baptists self-linksurface differs
surface form: Missionary Baptists

National Baptist Convention USA Inc.
surface form: National Baptist Convention

Baptists self-linksurface differs
surface form: Particular Baptists

Baptists self-linksurface differs
surface form: Primitive Baptists

Southern Baptist Convention
surface form: Southern Baptists
historicalOriginCentury 17th century
historicalOriginRegion England
Netherlands
missionFocus church planting
evangelism
organizationalBody Baptist World Alliance
rejectsDoctrine baptismal regeneration
infant baptism
religiousBranchOf Christianity
scriptureView Bible as final authority in matters of faith and practice
subtraditionOf Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
supportsPrinciple voluntary church membership
theologyOrientation evangelical
theologyRange from Calvinist to Arminian
typicalWorshipDay Sunday
viewsBaptismAs public profession of faith
symbolic act
worshipPractice ordinance of baptism
ordinance of the Lord’s Supper

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John Gill religiousMovement Baptists
this entity surface form: Calvinistic Baptist
Huey P. Newton religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
King family religiousTradition Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist Christianity
Shaw University religiousAffiliation Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Shango Baptist combinesTraditionsFrom Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist Christianity
National Baptist Convention USA Inc. theology Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Progressive National Baptist Convention theologicalTradition Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship theologicalOrientation Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship selfIdentification Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Ida B. Wells religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
National Baptist Convention of America International Inc. theology Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
National Baptist Convention of America International Inc. denominationalFamily Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Afro-Bahamians majorDenomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
C. K. Steele religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Cynthia Wesley religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist Christianity
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America denominationalFamily Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America worshipStyle Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Christian catechism usedBy Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist churches
E. D. Nixon religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Francis Bellamy denomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Cumberland School of Law religiousAffiliation Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Chin religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist Christianity
British colonial period in Jamaica religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist Christianity
Jackson State University religiousAffiliation Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist (historical origin)
Oak Hill Academy religiousAffiliation Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Baptist General Convention of Texas (historical) denomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Daddy King religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist Christianity
Michael King denomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor affiliation Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist Church
Kachin majorDenomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist Christianity
Charles Spurgeon religiousDenomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Bunhill Fields associatedWith Baptists
Andy Griffith religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary religiousTradition Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Alberta Christine Williams religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist Christianity
Clarendon Code opposedGroup Baptists
Arkansas Baptist College religiousAffiliation Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist Church
New England Baptist Hospital religiousOrigin Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Stanley Grenz denomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
American Baptist Theological Seminary affiliation Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Henry Lyman Morehouse denomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Shirley Temple religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Al Green denomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Samuel Francis Smith denomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Howard Thurman denomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
King James Only movement associatedWith Baptists
this entity surface form: Independent Baptist churches
Wilkins religion Baptists
subject surface form: Roy Wilkins
this entity surface form: Baptist
John Clarke denomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist Church
North Carolina Baptist Convention denomination Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist
Shirley Chisholm religion Baptists
this entity surface form: Baptist