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-succession of ordination
-succession of valid immersions
-succession of local churches
-succession of principles or doctrines |
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"Trail of Blood"
-succession of "local churches", Baptists were unbroken line of churches since Christ, connected by those who have suffered for 'true faith' (Montanists, Novatians, Donatists, Albigneses, etc. Lollards) |
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Succession of principles or doctrines --
The History of the Southern Baptist Convention 1845-1953 |
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| -the JJJ theory (Jerusalem-local churches, Jordan-baptism, John-ordination) |
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- two part succession:
1. of Baptist teachings
2. of Baptist Churches |
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| Separatist Origin of Baptists |
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-came from the English Puritan Separatists
-supported by Leon McBeth, Robert Torbet, Glenn Hilburn
-disagree w/ any connection with Anabaptists |
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1. Authority of Scripture
2. church doctrine: adult believer's baptism, regenerate church membership
3. in church ministry-apostles, pastors, lay officers
4. two ordinances- baptism, Lord's Supper
5. Religious liberty
6. communal living
7. pacifisistic |
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| Differences between anabaptists and Baptists |
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-efforts to withdraw from the world
-extreme pacifism
-communal sharing of earthly goods |
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| Historians For/Against the "anabaptist view" |
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Against-Winthrop S. Hudson- "Baptists were not Anabaptists"-1953
For:William R. Estep, Glen Stassen |
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| First Baptist Church (ever) |
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| 1608/09 founded by John Smyth and Thomas Helwys in Amsterdam, met in (and lived in) a Mennonite bakehouse |
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| First Baptist Church in England |
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| 1612/13 founded by Helwys after Smyth abandoned Baptist beliefs |
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-general atonement
-baptism for believers only
-religious liberty
-possible to fall from grace |
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-(differences from general baptists)
-ecclesiology
-particular atonement (calvinism)
-eternal security (once saved always saved) |
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| First Particular Baptist Church |
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| formed in London in 1633 or 38 as the result of a church split by Henry Jacob, John Lathrop, Henry Jessey, members included Samuel Eaton, Marke Luther, Richard Blunt |
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Particular Baptists-by 1640-1
General Baptists- by 1650's |
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-1644, Particular Baptist
-used to distinguish themselves from other dissenters
-issued by 7 congregations in London
-influenced by the Westminster Confession of the Presbyterians
-talked about immersion |
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| Walter Shurden Four Fragile Freedoms 1 |
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| Bible Freedom: the historic Baptist affirmation that the Bible, under the Lordship of Christ, must be central in the life of the individual and church and that Christians, with the best and most scholarly tools of inquiry, are both free and delegated to study and obey the Scripture" |
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| Walter Shurden Four Fragile Freedoms 2 |
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| Soul Freedom: the historic Baptist affirmation of hte inalienable right and responsibility of every person to deal with God without the imposition of creed, the interference of clergy, or the intervention of civil government." |
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| Walter Shurden Four Fragile Freedoms 3 |
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| Church Freedom: the historic B affirmation that local churches are free, under the Lordship of Christ, to determine their membership and leadership, to order their worship and work, to ordain whom they perceive as gifted for ministry, male or female, and to participate in the larger Body of Christ, of whose unity and mission B are proudly a part. |
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| Walter Shurden Four Fragile Freedoms 4 |
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| Religious Freedom: the historic B affirmation of freedom of religion, freedom for religion, and freedom from religion, insisting that Caesar is not Christ and Christ is not Caesar. |
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| Thomas Helwys' Confession of 1611 |
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| record of their beliefs when the first Baptist Church in England was formed |
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1. to clarify the Baptist faith
2. to inform and educate members
3. to provide a basis for fellowship
4. to deal with controversy
-scripturally based, timely
-different from creeds: confessions can change, are for specific times and places |
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-mid 1600s began forming among churches in close vicinity
-1660 both General and Particular had a number of associations
-1700 both General and Particular had a national assembly |
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| General Baptists early Associations |
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1651-association convened in the Midlands
1654- formed a nationwide assembly
(less strict about local church autonomy) |
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| Abingdon Association reasons for associating |
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| mutual discipline, aid in controversies, pooling of resources for more effective ministry |
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| Laws/Acts of perscution under Charles II |
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1. Corporation Act of 1661- excluded nonconformists from office
2. Act of Uniformity 1662- forced nonconforming English ministers out of schools and churches (the Great Ejection)
3. Convecticle Act of 1664- prohibited non-conformists from missing worship and prohibited them from conducting other worship services; set up severe penalties for holding unauthorized worship services (5 or more people were considered a service)
4. 5 Mile Act 1665- prohibited nonconformist clergy from teaching school or conducting religious services or living within 5 miles of the town where they had been ejected.
5. Test Act 1673- government officials had to take the Lord's Supper in Anglican way |
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| Acts of Relief from Persecution |
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1687 Declaration of Indulgence (James II)
1689 The Act of Toleration (William and Mary) |
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1754-1834 The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation
influenced by Arminianism, Gospel was meant for all people |
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| 1761-1815 An Enquiry into the Obligation of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathen |
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1603-84 organized the first B church in Providence Rhode Island in 1639
-contributions: "missionary" to American Indians, Religious Liberty, separation of church and state, set up a colony with democratic rule |
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| -took over the church after Williams left |
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-Hebrews 6:1-2
1. Repentance
2. Faith
3. Baptism
4. Laying on hands
5. Resurrection of the dead
6. Eternal Judgment |
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Second Bap Church in America 1641, 44, or 48
1652 Ill News from New England (detailed the arrest and punishment of Obadiah Holmes) |
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-founded the 1st B Church in Mass 1663 in Swansea
-first church to have a church building |
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-1st B Church of Boston 1665
-composed a confession of faith, perhaps the first confession in the United States |
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-1682 founded the first B church in Kittery Maine
-1696 the church migrated to Charleston, South Carolina where it became the earliest in the South |
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-converted by his own preaching
-Pennepek Church in 1688 in Pennsylvania |
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| The Philadelphia B Association |
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| 1707 the first B Association in America |
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| The Philadelphia B Confession of Faith |
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1742 based on the 2nd London Confession
ESSAY- added to the confession added in 1749, classic work on associationalism, established 6 guidelines for an association they were to :serve as doctrinal monitors, advise churches on Baptist practices, serve as clearinghouses in personnel matters, promote Christian education, religious liberty, and home missions, provide fellowship for lonely Baptists, provide models for preaching |
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| The Charleston Association 1751 |
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| 2nd one formed in America, started by Oliver Hart, supported ministerial education and home missions |
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| sent by the General Assembly (of Baptists) in England to start the 1st B church in Virginia- the Prince George Church |
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| established a church at Chowan, North Carolina in 1729, known as the Father of General Baptists in NC |
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Ardor
-revivalistic
-charismatic
-independent ecclesiology
-biblicist theology
-long prayers
-emotional |
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Order
-theological order
-ecclesiastical order
-liturgical order
-ministerial order
-associations |
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| Sandy Creek Baptists Association |
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Shubal Stearns
Martha Stearns Marshall
Daniel Marshall
formed in 1760 |
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| Separate Baptists teaching and practices |
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1. moderate calvinism
2. emotionalism in preaching
3. 9 rites (baptism, Lord's Supper, love feasts, laying on of hands, footwashing, right hand of fellowship, anointing the sick, kiss of charity, dedicating children)
4. "innocent" of education
5. opposed ministerial salaries
6. began evangelistic invitation
7. had women deaconesses and elderess |
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| Separate Baptists contributions |
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1. brought the Great Awakening to the south
2. fixed an evangelical stamp upon American Protestantism
3. provided religious leadership for the American frontier
4. contributed to the struggle for religious liberty in America
5. helped prepare the American people for the Revolution and the coming of political freedom
6. contributed to winning African Americans to Christianity
7. brought great numerical gains to Baptists
8. provided significant antecedents for the SBC in doctrine, styles of evangelism and worship, and strong biblicism |
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-A History of New England with Particular Reference to the Denomination of Christians Called Baptists
-formed the Warren Association in RI (advocates)
-Government and Liberty Described: and Ecclesiastical Tyranny Exposed
-An appeal to the People of the Mass State against Arbitrary Power
-"taxation without Baptist representation" |
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-The Rights of Conscience Inalienable
1. the rights of the conscience are not subject to either gov permission or restriction
2. the establishment of religion by law always damages religion
3. the real motives for establishment are not to benefit religion but to buttress the power of civil rulers and augment the purses of ambitious clergy |
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| founded the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission in 1810 |
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-returned to American in 1813, spent the rest of his life raising money for missions
-helped form "The Baptist Society for Propagating the Gospel in India and Other Foreign Parts of the World" |
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| Baptist General Tract Society |
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| formed in 1824, in 1840 became the American B Publication and Sunday School Society |
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| American Baptist Home Mission Society |
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| -hypercalvinist, biblicism, decentralization of authority, sectionalism |
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| -anti-missions pioneer preacher from Ky, "Thoughts on Missions"1819 |
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| 1820 "A Public Address to the Baptist Society", monthly "Church Advocate", 1826 pamphlet called Views on the Two Seeds based on Gen 3:15 |
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| 2nd Baptist Church of Boston, worked from her wheelchair to gain inroads for mission work, secretary treasurer of the Boston Female Mission Society |
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| The Triennial Convention's original name |
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| formed in 1814, The General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the US of A for Foreign Missions |
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| "swearing Jack", Virginia preacher imprisoned for preaching |
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| Grandma Hale, Sarah Gardiner Hale |
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| leader of the earliest Baptist Church in Arkansas |
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