New Hampshire Confession of Faith

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The New Hampshire Confession of Faith is an influential 19th-century Baptist doctrinal statement that helped shape later evangelical and Baptist confessions in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baptist confession of faith
Christian theological document
doctrinal statement
author Baptist Convention of New Hampshire NERFINISHED
century 19th century
characteristic ireniC tone compared to earlier Calvinistic confessions
seeks to be broadly acceptable among Baptists
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dateWritten 1833
denominationalFamily Evangelical Protestantism NERFINISHED
hasDoctrinalEmphasis Trinitarian theology
authority of Scripture
believers’ baptism by immersion
evangelism and missions
local church autonomy
regenerate church membership
salvation by grace through faith
historicalContext 19th-century American Baptist life
influenced Baptist Faith and Message NERFINISHED
Baptist Faith and Message 1925 NERFINISHED
Baptist Faith and Message 1963 NERFINISHED
Baptist Faith and Message 2000 NERFINISHED
later evangelical doctrinal statements in the United States
various 19th-century American Baptist confessions
language English
length concise
namedAfter New Hampshire NERFINISHED
placeOfOrigin New Hampshire NERFINISHED
primaryDrafter John Newton Brown GENERATED
purpose to provide a doctrinal basis for Baptist churches and associations
to summarize Baptist evangelical doctrine in concise form
relatedTo Philadelphia Baptist Confession of Faith NERFINISHED
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Baptist
status historically influential among Baptists in the United States
subjectArea Baptist ecclesiology
Christian ethics
soteriology
systematic theology
theologicalOrientation Baptist
evangelical
moderately Calvinistic
usedAs basis for church constitutions
standard of faith for Baptist ministers
usedBy Northern Baptists in the 19th century
various Baptist associations in the United States

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Baptist Faith and Message influencedBy New Hampshire Confession of Faith