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Primitive Baptists – also known as Regular Baptists, Old School Baptists, Foot Washing Baptists, or, derisively, Hard Shell Baptists [2] – are conservative Baptists adhering to a degree of Calvinist beliefs who coalesced out of the controversy among Baptists in the early 19th century over the appropriateness of mission boards, tract societies, and temperance societies.
1923 Articles of Faith Put Forth by the Baptist Bible Union (defunct fundamentalist group within ABC) 1925 Baptist Faith and Message - revised in 1963, 1998 and 2000; 1935 Treatise on the Faith and Practice of the Free Will Baptists; 1985 Doctrinal Statement of the Brazilian Baptists, 1985, Brazilian Baptist Convention.
The Old Regular Baptist Churches of Jesus Christ in the United States, along with the Regular Primitive Baptists, trace their history to churches that sprang up in the American Colonies. These early churches had been organized as Regular Baptist Churches and Separate Baptist Churches in Christ, and were found from New England to Georgia.
Baptists practice believer's baptism and the Lord's Supper (communion) as the ordinances instituted in Scripture (Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26). [5] [additional citation(s) needed] Most Baptists call them "ordinances" (meaning "obedience to a command that Christ has given us") [6] [7] instead of "sacraments" (activities God uses to impart salvation or a means of grace to the participant).
Old-Line Primitive Baptists Old Missionary Baptist: 16,289 73 [36] Old Regular Baptist: 15,000 326 1892 [36] Original Free Will Baptist Convention: 33,066 236 1961 [36] Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church: 150 1959 [54] Primitive Baptist Universalists: Primitive Baptists: 72,000 1,000 [55] 1827 [36] Historically Black Progressive National ...
The National Primitive Baptist Convention, USA is a group of Black Primitive Baptists that has adopted progressive methods and policies not in keeping with the historical and theological background of Primitive Baptists in general. The Convention was organized in Huntsville, Alabama in 1907. These churches have adopted the use of instrumental ...
The beliefs are mainly Baptist and fundamentalist. [10] They refuse any form of ecclesial authority other than that of the local church. Great emphasis is placed on the literal interpretation of the Bible as the primary method of Bible study [11] as well as the biblical inerrancy and the infallibility of their interpretation. [12]
Resolution Whereas, the Primitive Baptists have been greatly disturbed by the introduction of new and unscriptural practices in their worship, viz; Instrumental music, secret orders and other things of like character; therefore, be it Resolved, That we declare against these measures in our churches together with all others that practice or ...