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  Baptist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baptist churches are not under the direct administrative control of any other body, such as a national council, or a leader such as a bishop or pope.
Baptists emphasize that the remembrance is symbolic of Christ's body and reject literal views of communion such as transubstantiation and consubstantiation held by other Christian groups based on their interpretation of John 6.
Baptists who were imprisoned or died for their beliefs have played an important role in the historical struggle for freedom of religion and separation of church and state in England, the United States, and other countries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baptist   (3586 words)

  
 Baptist History - A Brief Survey Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches - What they are and What is their History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Most "Baptist" churches were in the past founded on the sound doctrinal teachings of the New Testament, however, many of them have in varying degrees drifted away from many of the teachings of the Scriptures.
In a biblical church the pastor is the "overseers" or leaders of the congregation.
To call these people Baptists or Baptistic, in the sense that the believed the Bible and followed it as their sole authority for faith and practice, in the same way true Baptist churches do today, is acceptable, although it serves no purpose.
www.bible-truth.org /fundbapt.htm   (8220 words)

  
 REFORMED BAPTIST?
The Reformed Baptist Churches are a group of independent local congregations committed to historic Christianity and in particular, historic Baptist principles.
The formal, doctrinal basis, (secondary to the Bible), of Reformed Baptist Churches is the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith.
Many other things ought to be part of the local church: good fellowship for christians, generous benevolence to the poor, missionary and evangelistic endeavors toward the lost, but it must never be forgotten that the fountain of all these things is the proclamation of the Word of God.
www.vor.org /truth/refbapt.html   (894 words)

  
 Name Change for Baptist Churches
Churches of many denominations tend to leave out the denominational name because it sometimes puts off baby boomers and younger people who do not want to be labeled as a member of any denomination, Smith said.
Churches are not being tricky by leaving the word Baptist out of their name, he said.
Baptist universities and colleges in a number of states have broken away in the interest of freedom and excellence in education.
www.adherents.com /largecom/baptist_namechange.html   (8607 words)

  
 DIRECTORY OF INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCHES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
In its most basic definition, "independent Baptist" simply describes a church that is Baptist in polity and that is unaffiliated with a denominational structure.
Please understand that churches which have the single asterisk are given that designation based on information we receive from others and are not based on firsthand knowledge of the church.
The churches that are listed without an asterisk are churches that either are not known personally to us as to their position or are churches that are not like-minded in some major area such as Bible versions or music or separation.
wayoflife.org /fbns/churchdir/!churches.htm   (879 words)

  
 Gulf Coast Baptist Association: Churches Sharing Christ in Brazoria County
The Gulf Coast Baptist Association is a "family" of 71 Southern Baptist churches and missions in Brazoria County, Texas.
The first such grouping in this country was an association of Baptist churches in the Philadelphia area in 1707, and the pattern has been followed up to the present.
Baptists have found that the association provides fellowship for churches and church members, training for church leaders, and a platform for communicating information about the work of the churches and the denomination.
www.gulfcoastbaptist.org   (341 words)

  
 The Primitive Baptist Library
The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage, Illinois, was organized in June 1988, by Elder Robert Webb, and three other trustees (members of Primitive Baptist Churches in Hancock County, Illinois), with a constitution and by-laws.
The Library encourages Primitive Baptists and their friends to help us preserve our heritage by donating old out-of-print books and periodicals, association minutes (and especially current year's minutes of the associations), photos, church records, etc. We will gladly purchase copies of records and minutes which we lack.
Microfilms of church records in our collection may not be copied in whole or part without express, written permission from the specific church; or if the church has ceased to exist, from the Library trustees.
www.carthage.lib.il.us /community/churches/primbap/pbl.html   (461 words)

  
 Baptists Oregon - American Baptist Churches of Oregon -- Portland, OR
The American Baptist Churches of Oregon will be sponsoring four mission opportunities to Tijuana Mexico this year.
The Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America announces that it will hold is 20th annual summer conference August 1-6th at First Baptist Church and Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon.
Our churches are ethnically diverse — Anglo, African American, Inter-racial, Hispanic, and Asian — and are all committed to the unique witness of the Gospel we share as American Baptists.
www.vibrant-life.net   (336 words)

  
 Sacramento Association of Southern Baptist Churches
This is a historic area, in the middle of the gold rush of 1849 and at the end of the trail for the Pony Express as well as birthplace of the first Transcontinental Railroad.
SASBC is the regional expression of the Southern Baptist Denomination.
We are an association of Baptist Churches in the Greater Sacramento Area with a 50 year history of starting new work, providing training and support, and acting as the hub of a network of relationships between pastors and churches.
www.sacbaptist.org   (300 words)

  
 Baptist Churches of NSW & ACT - Welcome
The majority of Baptist Churches in NSW & ACT choose to cooperate together.
We use the power of combined, collective resources to provide various services that would otherwise be too expensive or simply impossible for affiliated churches to acquire individually.
The Baptist Union of NSW Relief Fund supports people in need across NSW and the ACT, but because of the prolonged drought its funds are dangerously low.
www.baptistnsw.asn.au   (291 words)

  
 Bladen Baptist Association: Churches "laboring together with God." 1 Cor. 3:9
Bladen Baptist Association: Churches "laboring together with God." 1 Cor.
We are thirty-six churches and various Bible study groups scattered throughout the Bladen County area.
And please feel free to worship in any of our churches as you have opportunity to do so.
www.bladenbaptists.com   (86 words)

  
 Baptists Heart of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
She hasn't had all the delegates' details from Didcot yet, but will be seeking to allocate delegates to hosts in June.
This is particularly important given the responsibility that now rests with deacons and pastors to ensure the safety of children and young people in their care.
Volunteers are required for the Baptist World Alliance Congress in Birmingham, July 2005.
www.baptist-heartofengland.org   (531 words)

  
 Illinois Baptist State Association
He is a former ministerial staff member of Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenn. and he served as associate pastor of First Baptist Church, Casey, Ill., from 1977-1979.
Whitten is a former president of the Florida Baptist Convention and has preached at the Southern Baptist Convention.
The Louisiana Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, and Illinois Baptist Men are coordinating collection and distribution of food boxes for evacuees from Hurricane Katrina, primarily in the New Orleans area.
www.ibsa.org   (1616 words)

  
 Reformed Baptist Church Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The Reformed Baptist Directory lists churches, that hold to the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, correspond with and pray for other sister churches; and/or fellowship with other sister churches through family conferences, pastors' conferences and the like.
Some of the churches listed in this directory may not be considered by all to be distinctly Reformed.
It is my prayer that it would be used as a reminder to pray for these churches on a regular basis.
www.farese.com /rbcd/rbcd.htm   (148 words)

  
 Baptist.Org :: The Home Page For All Baptists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Very few of Baptist Churches in the world teach otherwise..
Baptist Churches, on the other hand know how to flip one more chapter over to
I am not a member of a Baptist Church.
www.baptist.org   (743 words)

  
 Loudon County Baptist Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
We are an association of Southern Baptist Churches in the Loudon, Roane, Knox, Blount, and McMinn Counties of Tennessee.
The Loudon County Baptist Association will be collecting water and non-perishable goods for the Hurricane vicitms for the next month or two.
Challenge and facilitate churches to be on mission with God locally and around the world.
www.lcchurches.com   (222 words)

  
 BaptistList: helping put pastors and churches together   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Baptistlist provides a list of pastorless Baptist churches in an attempt to put pastors and churches together.
This is a ministry to Southern Baptist churches and pastors seeking direction and leadership in changing or moving to a new field.
To be listed churches should have at least 300 enrolled or be large enough to have a secretary.
www.baptistlist.org   (161 words)

  
 American Baptist Churches of Alaska - Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church of Palmer
Our vision is to share the Good News of Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world - And to seek and to save those who are lost.
We are a Church, a body of believers in Christ Jesus, whom God has put in the valley of Palmer, Alaska.
It is our purpose and commitment to serve this community through evangelism, teaching, and the preaching of God’s Word.
www.shiloh2000.net /abca/churches/shiloh_palmer.htm   (120 words)

  
 Flint River Baptist Association
The first session of the Flint River Baptist Association (the tenth association in Georgia) was held in Rocky Creek Church, seven miles Northwest of Forsyth in Monroe County, October 16, 1824, with men and women of real Christian ability, character and vision serving in its churches and in the general work or our beloved denomination.
To form the Association, fourteen (14) churches were dismissed from the Ocmulgee Association and six newly constituted churches composed the original charter churches.
Your church can also partner with a church in Pennsylvania and help them in reaching this pioneer missions area.
www.flintriverbaptistassociation.com   (411 words)

  
 Wausau, Wisconsin Churches - Immanuel Baptist Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Immanuel Baptist Church of Wausau, Wisconsin, is the largest of the Baptist churches in the Wausau and central Wisconsin area.
Immanuel Baptist Church teaches the Bible as God's Word and has both traditional and contemporary style worship services.
Immanuel Baptist Church of Wausau, Wisconsin believes in outreach and sponsors many area events each year.
www.ibctoknow.org   (104 words)

  
 Southern Baptist Churches of Hawaii, Neighbor Islands Baptist Association, Bob Duffer, Director of Missions, Hawaii ...
Southern Baptist Churches of Hawaii, Neighbor Islands Baptist Association, Bob Duffer, Director of Missions, Hawaii churches.
Bob Duffer is the Director of Missions for the Neighbor Islands Baptist Associations of Hawaii.
He was pastor of the Kahaluu Baptist Chapel on Oahu and the Kihei Baptist Chapel on Maui.
www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Cabana/4062   (914 words)

  
 Welcome to the GARBC!
Cooperation can produce powerful results, When churches determine to work together, their effectiveness increases by Multiples.
Attend one of these seminars to learn how to build a vibrant church ministry by Christ's design.
Slide shows, Council of Eighteen Members; New Churches; Resolutions; Service Awards; TFC Winners; Business Meeting Motions; 2006 Conference.
www.garbc.org   (121 words)

  
 American Baptist Churches of New York State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
She met her husband Bill at Seminary and they were ordained at the First Baptist Church of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Kathleen is the former pastor of the North Creek/ Minerva Baptist Parish.
The area and its staff is to serve the churches which are viewed as the fundamental unit of Mission.
www.telenet.net /~jimeek   (312 words)

  
 Baptist Info - Independent Baptist Church Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Only one week earlier, our church family was hosting other families who were fleeing Katrina; then the following week, we ourselves became evacuees, in need of the kindness of others.
Thanks to all of the churches who offered assistance during these (and future) hurricanes.
Andrea Locke at Willow Springs Baptist Church in Edgewood, TX for hosting us and others (a total of about 20 people) under one roof for about a week.
www.baptistinfo.com   (271 words)

  
 Laurens Baptist Association: Churches working together to grow the Kingdom
The Laurens Baptist Association (LBA) is a fellowship of forty-eight
Southern Baptist Churches located in Laurens County, South Carolina.
Baptists have been present in Laurens County since 1767.
www.laurensbaptistassoc.org   (72 words)

  
 Baptist Churches of New Zealand - Home
A Call to Prayer for the Baptist Churches of New Zealand
The Gathering - Baptist Assembly 2005, Hamilton 10-13 November.
Tsunami aid is given from the Baptist World Alliance
www.baptist.org.nz   (71 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: The New Hiscox Guide for Baptist Churches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Edward Thurston Hiscox (1814-1901) was a distinguished Baptist theologian and author who's Standard Manual for Baptist Churches (published 1890) and New Directory for Baptist Churches (1894) were considered two of the foundational works of the modern Baptist church.
It is not a defense of Baptist theology, per se, but instead explains Baptist beliefs and church organization.
It is an excellent resource for anyone who wishes to have a clear understanding of Baptist church; what is it and how it operates.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/081701215X?v=glance   (564 words)

  
 Educational Ministries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
In 2003, Educational Ministries, the American Baptist Board of Education and Publication, began to wind up its affairs.
National Ministries, the American Baptist Home Mission Societies, took on responsibility for ministries of discipleship, education and publishing (Judson Press).
Thank you for your continued interest in American Baptist Churches USA and, particularly, in ministries of discipleship, education and publishing.
www.abc-em.org   (104 words)

  
 The Baptist Standard :: The Newsmagazine of Texas Baptists
News of religion, faith, missions, Bible study and Christian ministry among Texas Baptist churches, in the BGCT, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and around the world.
Churches should be reimbursed by FEMA for hurricane relief
The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © 2005 by Baptist Standard Publishing Co. Now, you can read our syndicated news using the file backend.php
www.baptiststandard.com /postnuke/index.php   (565 words)

  
 Welcome to the Baptist Union of Great Britain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Welcome to the Baptist Union of Great Britain
RELIEF agencies have launched a huge rescue operation in support of the government of Pakistan in efforts to help survivors of last Saturday's earthquake.
Churchfinder - A way of locating your nearest BUGB Church if you're moving or going on holiday.
www.baptist.org.uk   (227 words)

  
 Duck River Baptist Association: Churches in Fellowship On Mission in Their Setting
Duck River Baptist Association: Churches in Fellowship On Mission in Their Setting
Churches in Fellowship On Mission in Their Setting
Our desire is to be a fellowship of Southern Baptist churches on mission in our setting which includes Coffee, Franklin and Grundy Counties.
www.duckriverbaptistassociation.org   (166 words)

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