Baptist: it’s one of the most well-known denominations in Protestant Christianity and is aptly named after its main belief in believer’s baptism, where a person chooses to publicly proclaim their faith in Christ by baptism. There are some 50 million Baptists in ...
The majority of Baptist denominations are conservative theologically. However, notable liberal Baptist denominations include American Baptist Churches USA (not to be confused with the conservative American Baptist Association), the Alliance of Baptists and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (the latter two ...
Schism in that convention at different stages of its history led to the formation of two new denominations, the National Baptist Convention of America (NBCA) organized in 1915, and the PNBC in 1961. Boyd, the National Baptist Publishing House, and the formation of the National Baptist Convention...
Of all the major denominations in the American South, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) exhibited the most ingrained and longest sense of sectionalism and regional identity. Although Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians in the South split from their Northern co-religionists over the issue of...
The reduced numbers during the first Trump administration gutted the nonprofit agencies that contract with the government to resettle refugees in the United States, six of which are sponsored by religious denominations or are run by religious groups. ...
Sometimes churches of various denominations have an identity crisis of sorts. You see this in America today, as many Baptist congregations want to drop the word Baptist from their name, but retain the identity as a baptistic congregation. The thought is the name is unpopular, so growth can ...
Providence Baptist Church is located in the beautiful Cotswold area of Charlotte, North Carolina. Members of our congregation come from various backgrounds and denominations. They hold diverse opinions on social and theological issues, while being centered on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. ...
1. Against Backsliding Modern Denominations, Nations & Individuals (Separation) 2. Against the "Baconites" of Rowlett, Regarding the So-called "Steelite" Controversy (Paleocovenanters vs. Neocovenanters) 3. Against Pagan and Roman Catholic Holy-days (Holidays) 4. Baptism ...
Already in the 1990's, the Protestants of Ukraine had accepted the monist position. In a letter from 3 July 2012 addressed to President Yanukovich, nine denominations protested against all proposals to introduce Russian as a second official language in some regions. The signatories included the Ba...
denominations American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) are considering a merger as of 2013, noting the roles of author Tony Campolo, interim CBF coordinator Pat And...