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William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009 Robert E. Johnson, A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches , Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010 J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices , ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010
Baptist General Convention of Texas – 1.7 million [74] Progressive National Baptist Convention – 1.5 million [72] Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India – 1.3 million [72] American Baptist Churches USA – 1.2 million [72] Baptist Bible Fellowship International – 1.2 million [75] Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention – 1.1 ...
[2] [3] [4] Baptists adhere to a congregationalist structure, so local church congregations are generally self-regulating and autonomous, meaning that their broadly Christian religious beliefs can and do vary. Baptists make up a significant portion of evangelicals in the United States (although many Baptist groups are classified as mainline ...
The largest group of Baptist churches is the Baptist World Alliance, and there are many different groupings of Baptist churches and Baptist congregations. Historians trace the earliest Baptist church to 1609 in Amsterdam, with English Separatist John Smyth as its pastor. [3]
Protestantism includes many groups which do not share any ecclesiastical governance and have widely diverging beliefs and practices. [10] Major Protestant branches include Adventism, Anabaptism, Anglicanism, Baptists, Lutheranism, Methodism, Moravianism, Quakerism, Pentecostalism, Plymouth Brethren, Reformed Christianity, and Waldensianism. [10]
Also, 80% of members and 86% of leaders said government officials must allow citizens to freely practice their religious faiths, including what Southern Baptists consider "false religions."
The term Baptist denominations includes fellowships, movements and groups of churches within the Baptist tradition.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., records a welcome message for an upcoming conference of preachers at Cornerstone Baptist Church in New York, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.