History of The Baptists

History & overview · every faith gets one

A believer's church, a free conscience, an immersed body.

One of the largest Protestant families: baptism by immersion on profession of faith, the autonomy of every local congregation, and liberty of conscience for every soul — a conviction Baptists held while it cost them, long before it became common sense.

The founding

Its founding is bound to John Smyth and Thomas Helwys — 1609 CE.

What it holds

The divine. One God in three persons.

Death and after. Resurrection and judgment.

The line

descent is public here — where it came from, what left it

Judaism — c. 1000 BCE Christianity — 30 CE Catholicism Protestantism — 1517 CE The Baptists — 1609 CE

Keep going

Back to the overview — the living page: elements, discussion, the web The Belief room — the claims themselves, with sources and context Branch The Baptists — inherit everything, change what you must