Baptist movement in America

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The Baptist movement in America is a Christian Protestant tradition that emerged in the 17th century emphasizing believer’s baptism, congregational autonomy, and religious liberty, profoundly shaping the nation’s religious and civic life.

All labels observed (2)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baptist tradition ⓘ
Christian movement ⓘ
Protestant tradition ⓘ
associatedWithDenomination American Baptist Churches USA ⓘ
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship ⓘ
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches ⓘ
Independent Baptist churches ⓘ
National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. ⓘ
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. ⓘ
Progressive National Baptist Convention ⓘ
Southern Baptist Convention ⓘ
contributedTo African American religious life ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
earliestCenters Middle colonies ⓘ
linked to: Middle Colonies

New England colonies ⓘ
earlyCenterCity Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ
emphasizes baptism of professing believers only ⓘ
experienced regional division over slavery in the 19th century ⓘ
foundedCongregation First Baptist Church in America ⓘ
First Baptist Church in Newport ⓘ
governanceType congregational polity ⓘ
hasCoreDoctrine believer’s baptism ⓘ
congregational autonomy ⓘ
religious liberty ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Adoniram Judson ⓘ
Isaac Backus ⓘ
John Clarke ⓘ
Lottie Moon ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Roger Williams ⓘ
hasTheologicalOrientation evangelical ⓘ
fundamentalist (in some groups) ⓘ
liberal (in some groups) ⓘ
mainline Protestant (in some groups) ⓘ
moderate (in some groups) ⓘ
influenced American church–state separation jurisprudence ⓘ
First Amendment concepts of free exercise of religion ⓘ
development of religious liberty in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy English Baptists ⓘ
linked to: Baptists

Puritanism ⓘ
Separatist churches ⓘ
membershipBasis personal profession of faith in Jesus Christ ⓘ
missionFocus domestic evangelism ⓘ
foreign missions ⓘ
organizationalPrinciple local church autonomy ⓘ
voluntary association of churches ⓘ
originatedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
originatedInRegion British North American colonies ⓘ
participatedIn First Great Awakening ⓘ
linked to: Great Awakening

Second Great Awakening ⓘ
rejects infant baptism ⓘ
religiousBranchOf Christianity ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
scriptureView Bible as sole authority for faith and practice ⓘ
supports freedom of conscience ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
worshipPractice congregational singing ⓘ
ordinance of baptism by immersion ⓘ
ordinance of the Lord’s Supper ⓘ
preaching-centered services ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roger Williams → movement → Baptist movement in America ⓘ
Danbury Baptist Association → partOf → Baptist movement in New England ⓘ
linked to: Baptist movement in America