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	First Baptist Church in America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The First Baptist Church in America is the oldest Baptist church in the United States, founded by Roger Williams in Providence, Rhode Island in 1638.
		Arminian, free communion Baptist churches appeared in North Carolina at an early date.
		The largest of the several "Freewill" Baptist bodies is that which has grown out of the church organized by Benjamin Randall in New Durham, New Hampshire, June 30, 1780.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Baptist_Church_in_America (207 words)

	Grace Missionary Baptist Church - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Friendship Baptist Church was organized in March 1944 under the authority of the Grace Baptist Church of Warren.
		Newport Baptist Church was the first Baptist Church in America and was organized under the authority of the First Particular Baptist Church of London, England, with John Spilsbury as the Pastor.
		Therefore, John Clark was America's first Baptist Pastor, and the founder of the expanding movement which was to become the largest non-Roman Catholic group of churches in the United States.
	www.gmbcwyandotte.org /history.htm (389 words)

	Outline of Baptist History - N. H. Pius, D.D.
		But Jarrell maintains, in his Baptist Church Perpetuity, that Hansard Knollys, who had come to America among the Puritan immigrants, was the pastor of Baptist church which had been organized at Newport by John Clark in 1638, the year before Roger Williams organized the Providence Church.
		The first Baptist church in Delaware originated in 1770 from an immigrant Baptist church from Wales.
		In the same year a church was established at Middletown, N. In 1688, the Baptist denomination in America comprised thirteen churches only seven in Rhode Island, two in Massachusetts, one in South Carolina, two in Pennsylvania and one in New Jersey.
	www.reformedreader.org /history/pius/chapter04.htm (512 words)

	The Mystery Worshipper: First Baptist Church in America, Providence,Rhode Island
		The church: Church was founded by Roger Williams in 1638.
		It was, in fact, the first Baptist Church in America.
		At one time it was one of the most influential Baptist churches in the country, founding several other Baptist churches in the city.
	www.ship-of-fools.com /Mystery/2003/616Mystery.html (944 words)

	Affiliation - First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor
		The origins of Baptist thought and practice can be seen in the late 16th century in English Congregationalism, which rejected the prevalent "parish" structure of church life (Church of England) where everyone in a given community was a member of a neighborhood parish and where children were baptized.
		Among their leaders were John Smyth, who led the first congregation of 36 men and women, and Thomas Helwys, who returned to England in 1612 to establish the first Baptist church in England.
		In fact the first Baptist to evangelize in a foreign country was George Lisle, a freed slave and first ordained fl in America, who sailed from Georgia to establish churches in Jamaica in the 1770s.
	www.fbca2.org /About_FBC/Affiliation (1973 words)

	The First Baptist Church, Providence, Rhode Island
		The twelve then baptized were the original members of the first church of Providence, Rhode Island, the first Baptist church in America, and the second in the world.
		When the building was planned the Charitable Baptist Society was incorporated, that it might hold title to " a meeting-house for the public worship of Almighty God, and to hold Commencement in." Nearly a third of the £7,000 required for the new building was `raised by a lottery, authorized by the State.
		The pastor at the time the new church was first occupied, on May 28, 1775, was president of Rhode Island College, an institution which had been located in Providence in 1773, in consequence of the generosity and activity of the members of the church.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles15/shrines-16.shtml (1001 words)

	Quahog.org: Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America
		The First Baptist Meeting House was the first church in New England to have a steeple.
		This church was formed in 1639, the first in the state and the oldest of the Baptists in America.
		It was the first church in Rhode Island, and the first Baptist Church in America.
	www.quahog.org /attractions/index.php?id=72 (2109 words)

	The Baptist Church
		Lesson Thirteen BAPTIST CHURCH (1603) I. There is a great amount of controversy as to the exact beginning of the Baptist Church.
		It was formed on the principle of the 'General Baptist.' In the year 1633, the first Particular Baptist Church was formed in London under Mr.
		American Baptists also adopted it in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1742, and it was from that time known as the Philadelphia Confession of Faith.
	home.att.net /~jackthompson/page186.htm (691 words)

	Ministries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Baptists were heavily persecuted in England as well as in the colonies during the period prior to the American Revolution.
		Other factors have been characteristic of Baptists over the years: evangelism, doctrine (as reflected in confessions not creeds), emphasis on the local church, belief in The Bible as the inspired word of God, and cooperation for the purpose of missions.
		First, the church is the body of believers (not the building) who gather in a local setting to accomplish God’s purposes.
	www.firstphx.org /whoweare.htm (1385 words)

	CHAPTER 26
		The entry of the first Baptist church in Newport, here referred to, was made by John Comer as late as 1725, and is as follows: 'Having found a private record of Mr.
		The first Baptist church in Virginia, and, “in some sense, the mother of all the rest,” was constituted under the pastoral care of Rev. Dutton Lane, and by Rev. “Daniel Marshall,” who got his baptism in regular order from a regular Baptist church in the Philadelphia association.
		John Clarke Ridpath, a Methodist historian, wrote to the American Baptist Flag: “There is a vast difference between the statement that Roger Williams was the founder of the first Baptist church in America, and the statement that he was the founder of the Baptist denomination.
	www.homestead.com /sglblibrary/files/Jarrel/JarrelChapter26.htm (8101 words)

	Baptist Churches In America
		The Baptist Church is also firmly based in religious freedom and personal liberty, with Christ being the only true leader of its spiritual democracy.
		Baptists believe that religion is a personal relationship between the human soul and God.
		It should be no surprise that many of America’s founding fathers practiced the Baptist religion and assimilated its independent ideals into the establishment and government of this nation.
	www.worshipquest.org /Baptist-church.html (263 words)

	Africans in America/Part 2/Found 1st African Baptist Church Svnh.
		The First African Baptist Church of Savannah, Georgia evolved from the very first fl Baptist church to be established in America.
		In 1788 Bryan was ordained and his church was certified, predating the establishment of a white Baptist church in Savannah by five years; in 1794, Bryan erected a frame structure, naming it the Bryan Street African Baptist Church.
		The city's first fl sabbath school was established at First African Baptist, and a school for Georgia's fl children was operated by Henry Francis, who had been ordained by Bryan and was pastor of the first branch of the church.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/aia/part2/2p30.html (366 words)

	First Baptist Church
		The worship center of First Baptist Church is located next to the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library on the corner of Wood Avenue and Tombigbee Street in the heart of the Florence Historical District.
		First Baptist Church offices are located one-block east of the worship center at 209 North Walnut Street.
		First Baptist Church is affiliated with the Colbert-Lauderdale Baptist Association, the Alabama Baptist Convention, and the Southern Baptist Convention.
	www.fbcflorence.com (274 words)

	A Welch Succession of Primitive Baptists
		Thus, in America, primitive doctrine came to be the prevailing theology of those Baptists which held to the tenets of election and predestination.
		In 1638 primitive doctrine was the doctrine of Dr. John Clarke, pastor of Newport Baptist Church in Rhode Island, the first Baptist church constituted in America.
		First, if baptismal authority requires a continuous succession by laying on of hands then spontaneous reinstitution of the ordinance cannot be recognized as a valid method of reformation of the church.
	www.pb.org /pbdocs/chhist5.html (19925 words)

	Three major Baptist groups differ widely in views - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Southern Baptist churches like Grace Harbor have emerged as the higher-profile public face of the tradition — which has evolved to become far more conservative than the church's roots in a liberal blue state would suggest.
		Most Baptist factions trace their roots to Roger Williams, the 17th-century minister who founded Rhode Island and organized the nation's first Baptist congregation in 1638.
		Conservative Baptist positions can be a turnoff for churchgoers in progressive Providence, a city run by an openly gay mayor, said Evan Howard, pastor of Community Church of Providence, formerly Central Baptist Church.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2006/Feb/04/il/FP602040323.html (880 words)

	Roger Williams, 1603-1684, first Baptist Church A short biography of Roger Williams, founder of the first Baptist ...
		Roger Williams, 1603-1684, first Baptist Church A short biography of Roger Williams, founder of the first Baptist church in a America Believersweb.org
		Roger Williams 1603-1684 Founder of the first Baptist church in America.
		At this time he became a Baptist and was immersed in water for the first time since his conversion.
	www.believersweb.org /view.cfm?ID=146 (243 words)

	Emmanuel Baptist Church - History
		We have a rich church history reaching all the way back to the first Baptist Church in America, and eventually to the church started by our Lord and Saviour during his earthly ministry.
		In 1964, a fledging church was started in Centerville, OH under the authority of the Emmanuel Baptist Church of Lebanon, Ohio.
		The new church adopted the name of Emmanuel Baptist Church of Centerville, Ohio. According to church records, 20 people covenanted together to form this new body of Christ. The first meeting place for this new assembly was the township hall located on Main Street (Rt.
	www.ebckey.org /history.asp (480 words)

	The First Colored Baptist Church in North America
		Marshall as Pastor--Organization of Sunbury Association--Adam Johnson and Josiah Lloyd First Delegates--Mr.
		The Claim for Originality--The First Negro Baptist Church in America--Wanderings and Settlement--Orthodox Faith of the Church under Mr.
		Zion Baptist Association--Position of the Church therein First--Choosing a Title--Ordination of Rev. A.
	www.reformedreader.org /history/simms/toc.htm (691 words)

	Elliott Baptist Church - Book Store
		Baptist History is a unique book dealing with Baptist history and the origin and nature of the church.
		A History of the Baptists traces the Baptist heritage from the church's origin to the 20th century.
		Why Baptists are Not Protestants explains the doctrines that separated the Anabaptists from the 16th century Reformers.
	www.elliottbaptist.org /baptisthistory.html (313 words)

	National Park Service - Colonials and Patriots (First Baptist Meeting House)
		The First Baptist Meeting House is one of New England's most notable public buildings, both architecturally and historically.
		The church was dedicated in May 1775, a few weeks after the outbreak of the Revolution, but in design and feeling it belongs to the colonial period and illustrates outstandingly the maturity of native architecture on the eve of the Revolution.
		The church as originally built was 80 feet square, with a door on each side and the main entrance under the spire on the west end.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/colonials-patriots/sitec45.htm (433 words)

	First Baptist Church of Potosi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Founded in 1832, we are a church with a rich heritage and a progressive heart to spread the Gospel message of Jesus Christ.
		On May 15, 2005 First Baptist Church of Potosi celebrated their groundbreaking ceremony for the new church facility to be located on Hwy P in Potosi MO. Over 230 people attended this wonderful occassion.
		August 12-13 First Baptist church of Potosi will have their First Annual Marriage Retreat in beautiful Branson, MO. This Friday and Saturday conference promises to be fun, relaxing and challenging at the same time.
	www.firstbaptistpotosi.org (440 words)

	Center Profile: First Baptist Church in America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		By the summer of 1639, Williams' faith had evolved such that he felt no institution could call itself a church and he resigned, but First Baptist continued under the leadership of lay elders from 1639-1771.
		The 19th century was the heyday of First Baptist, during which time it was the center of all great occasions in Rhode Island.
		Since the 1970s, First Baptist has begun to grow again and has been reconnecting with its heritage as America's oldest Baptist church and the cradle of American religious liberty.
	www.pluralism.org /research/profiles/display.php?profile=71767 (341 words)

	First Baptist Church of Galax, VA
		First Baptist Church of Galax, VA First Baptist Church of Galax, Virginia
		The Mission of First Baptist Church of Galax is:
		To equip all for ministry in the church, community and world.
	www.fbcgalax.org (78 words)

	Into a New Day
		These papers presented at a conference at the First Baptist Church in America, Providence, Rhode Island, October, 1995, set the stage for the event, look back at history, look forward to the future, and tell how to seize the moment.
		Kate Penfield is a former minister at First Baptist Church of America in Providence, Rhode Island.
		She is currently executive director of the Ministers Council with the American Baptist Churches USA.
	www.helwys.com /books/intoa.html (132 words)

	Troop 8 Boy Scouts of America - First Baptist Church, Jackson, Mississippi
		Chartered in 1921, Troop 8 is one of the oldest, continuously sponsored Boy Scout troops in America by the same organization, First Baptist Jackson.
		Troop 8 is officially chartered by First Baptist Church, Jackson, Missisippi, and is a member
		of the Eastern District of the Andrew Jackson Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
	www.troop8-fbcj.org (216 words)

	EFBC HomePage
		When the weekend weather is bad and you want to know if church services or related events have been cancelled, please check with the following information sources:
		The above stations will be contacted, but they are not always able to put our information on the air, especially if there are many cancellations in the area.
		The church office voicemail should also have that information on weekends.
	www.efbc.org (78 words)

	First Baptist Raytown
		Serving as partners with parents in laying spiritual foundations for children that lead them to a relationship with Jesus.
		Focusing on authentic faith, spiritual disciplines, moral boundaries, healthy friendships, wise choices, ultimate authority and putting others first.
		Creating a biblical community to reach single adults and challenge them to mature in their Christian faith through servant ministry and authentic pursuit of truth.
	www.firstbaptistraytown.com (193 words)

	First Baptist Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		First Baptist Church in America, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA
		Zion First Baptist Church, San Antonio, Texas, USA
		This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Baptist_Church (89 words)

	First Baptist Church of Springdale » Reach for life.
		First Baptist Church of Springdale » Reach for life.
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	www.fbcs.net (44 words)

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