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Baptist History and Heritage back issues
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Telling Baptist stories: 400 years later.(Editorial)
January 1, 2009... For the past few years, the Baptist History and Heritage Society has been in an informational mode--seeking to get the word out about the 400th anniversary of Baptist beginnings. We have encouraged churches to celebrate and have promoted ways in which all Baptists can observe this significant...
A Baptist reality check.
January 1, 2009... It's 2009. Baptists' 400th anniversary has arrived. This year provides wonderful opportunities to assess Baptist history and identity. Three points occur to me. First, Baptists have made enormous contributions to human civilization and to the forward progress of Christianity. Second, Baptists...
Early English Baptists.
January 1, 2009... Upwards of seven hundred Baptist congregations are utilizing the Baptists' 400th Anniversary Celebration free bulletin inserts produced by the Baptist History and Heritage Society and Mercer University's Center for Baptist Studies. I suspect several thousand additional churches are making...
John Smyth's request for Mennonite recognition and admission: four newly translated letters, 1610-1612: under the leadership of John Smyth and Thomas Helwys, the people who would become the first Baptists met Dutch Mennonites in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, at the beginning of the Dutch Golden Age.(Essay)
January 1, 2009... Prompted by a theological disagreement with Smyth, Helwys returned to England in 1612 and planted the first General Baptist church. The disagreement centered on the validity of Smyth's se-baptism and differing views on joining the Waterlander Mennonite church in Amsterdam. (1)
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Arguing regenerate church membership: Baptist identity during its first decade, 1610-1620: non-Baptists seeking membership in a Baptist church frequently inquire as to why Baptists insist that they be rebaptized.(Essay)
January 1, 2009... The explanation normally takes a while: they are told that Baptists understand baptism differently than do most denominations. (1) Whereas most denominations practice infant baptism, according to the thinking of most Baptists baptism should follow expression of faith in Christ that can only...