Baptist Position Paper

Baptists: Who? What? Why? Where? When?

The article states that little is known about the Baptists and what people know is often misunderstood, even some Baptists are not familiar with beliefs, practices, heritage and history. Many Baptists lack the understanding of what being a Baptist really is, this is due to a mix of denominations in a Baptist church with no background which provides little help towards the understandings of the Baptists. The article states that Baptists of the past hold to the beliefs and practices which made them a denomination, although by doing so they suffered and died for the refusal of abandoning their convictions based on the Bible, the Baptists of the past have a “goodly heritage” Psalm 16:6. The article concludes with Mr Noble Hurley, who had a passion for telling the story of the Baptists, who provided documents and articles in the Baptist standard which helped the misunderstandings and ignorance towards the Baptists, not only that but the advancement of the cause of Christ.

Baptists: What makes a Baptist a Baptist?

This article has its base thought on denominations and being distinctive. Some people feel that I would be ideal for all Christians to hold to the same beliefs and follow the same practices, but from the beginning of the Christian movement various opinions have existed which splits Christianity into different denominations. The article focuses of what makes a Baptist distinctive and asks the question about what one thing makes the Baptist denomination different from the other denominations? Scripture tells us to be prepared and to give an answer and reason for the hope that we have: 1 Peter 3:15-16. There is no single thing that makes Baptists distinctive from other denominations, what...

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...ns 5:5. We ought to do everything we can, with Gods help, to achieve a born-again church.

Baptists Believe in Church Autonomy

This article is about the autonomy, self-directing, of the Baptist Church’s. Every Baptist church is autonomous, being autonomous is a big part of being a Baptist church. Autonomy means that each church selects its leadership, determines its worship, decides financial matters and directs other church-related affairs without control from outside or supervision. Attempting to have control over an individual church is violation of a basic Baptist conviction about polity. Having the Bible as the authority for faith and practice, Baptists believe that the Bible supports church autonomy as shown in the New Testament. In conclusion autonomy is a basic biblical concept that is vital to the Baptists identity and should be strengthened and preserved.