People
This person was the leader of a Separatist congregation that eventually became the first Baptist church
Who is John Smyth?
This is the founder of the New Connexion of General Baptists
Who is Dan Taylor?
This is the practice that often indicates that a congregation has become Baptist
What is believers baptism?
This is a practice that Baptists begin to do in the 1640s
What is baptism by immersion?
This is the name of the widespread revival that swept across the American colonies
What is the First Great Awakening?
This English king broke from the Catholic Church to establish the Church of England
Who is Henry VIII?
These Baptists see Jesus's salvation as available to all people and had a threefold sense of ministry
Who are the General Baptists?
This is the year that the first Baptist church was established
What is 1609?
This act of parliament muted much of the hostility toward English dissenters (including Baptists)
What is the Act of Toleration (1689)?
This is the oldest Baptist association in America
What is the Philadelphia Association?
This person refused to pay the fine for an illegal worship service in Massachusetts and was whipped
Who is Obadiah Holmes?
This British colony in New England was founded with a commitment to religious liberty from its beginning
What is Rhode Island?
This was a Protestant Reformer who was based in Zurich and influential on the early Anabaptists
Who is Ulrich Zwingli?
This is the name of the 12-15 year period in England when there was no monarch
What is the (English) Protectorate?
This is one of the educational institutions founded by Baptists in the 18th century
What is Bristol Baptist College or Brown University?
This is the founder of the town of Newport, RI and a church that eventually became Baptist
Who is John Clarke?
This is the location and founding date for the first Baptist church in America
What are Providence and 1638?
These are Christians who left the Church of England altogether, often displayed by refusing to baptize their children in an Anglican church
Who are Separatists?
This early Baptist statement was written and distributed by five Particular Baptist churches in 1644
What is the First London Confession of Faith?
These are Christians who were converted through revivalism and sought changes within existing denominations
Who are New Lights?
This Baptist was the agent for the Grievance Committee of the Warren Association, advocating for religious liberty for New England Baptists
Who is Isaac Backus?
These Baptists emphasized educated ministers, order in worship and church life, and sermons that presented a reasoned argument
Who are Regular Baptists?
This is the location of the first Baptist church in England
What is Spitalfields?
This term names a set of laws passed by Parliament re-establishing the Church of England as the state church
What is the Clarendon Code?
This is the label used for those Christians who supported the use of creeds and confessions of faith alongside the Bible
Who are "subscribers"?