History_Of_Baptists

History Of Baptists Baptists are Protestant Christians who accepted the beliefs of the16-century Reformation, but have also added many other beliefs and practices, such as baptism. The Baptists are very important because they stress this belief and other beliefs. In the 1990’s there was 162,000 churches and about 43 million Baptists worldwide. Some of the other countries where the Baptists are found are Russia, Romania, Canada, and even the United Kingdom. The Baptists believe that the church made up of only new or changed individuals. The theological term is “a gathered church.” They also believe that the individual has to voluntarily repent for his/her sin and proclaim that Jesus is Lord and the savior for their life. All individuals that are “born again” receive a baptism, which is a special ceremony that cleanses the individual from their sins by using water. The first baptisms were preformed by John the Baptist. He preformed these baptisms in the Jordan River. He also baptized Jesus. Baptists also follow the old tradition of the Lord’s Supper or in todays term, communion. They have been following the doctrine of the church and the state being separated for many baptist, church, baptists, first, created, convention, churches, believe, united, free, canada, beliefs, began, today, term, started, southern, scotia, really, preformed, people, own, nova, new, national, john, jesus, individuals, individual, considered, clergy, baptisms, baptism, around, america