List of Baptist Confessions

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Historical Background Christianity General Baptist Particular Baptist

Doctrinal distinctives Prima scriptura Sola scriptura Baptist ordinance Baptist offices Baptist confessions Autonomy of the local church Separation of church and state

Pivotal figures John Smyth Thomas Helwys John Bunyan Roger Williams Andrew Fuller Charles Haddon Spurgeon Billy Graham

Largest associations American Baptist Baptist Bible Fellowship Baptist General Convention of Texas National Baptist Progressive National Baptist Southern Baptist Convention This box: view • talk • edit

1600s

• 1644 First London Baptist Confession - revised in 1646
• 1651 The Faith and Practice of Thirty Congregations
• 1654 The True Gospel-Faith Declared According to the Scriptures
• 1656 The Somerset Confession of Faith
• 1655 Midland Confession of Faith
• 1660 The Standard Confession
• 1678 The Orthodox Creed
• 1689 Second London Baptist Confession - originally written in 1677
• 1691 A Short Confession or a Brief Narrative of Faith

1700s

• 1742 The Philadelphia Confession
• 1745 The Coalheaver's Confession
• 1757 Carter Lane Declaration of Faith
• 1758 The Sandy Creek Confession
• 1770 Articles of Religion of the New Connexion
• 1792 The Goatyard Declaration of Faith

1800s

• 1833 New Hampshire Confession of Faith
• 1834 Treatise on the Faith and Practice of the Free Will Baptists - revised in 1848
• 1858 The Abstract of Principles
• 1866 Compend of Christian Doctrines Held by Baptists
• 1878 The Articles of Faith of the Gospel Standard Aid and Poor Relief Societies (Strict Baptist) — an expression of Hyper-Calvinism

1900s

• 1923 Articles of Faith Put Forth by the Baptist Union of America
• 1925 Baptist Faith and Message - revised in 1963, 1998 and 2000
• 1998 Cambridge Declaration

Statements of Faith by Convention/Association

• American Baptist Association
• Baptist Missionary Association of America
• General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
• Southern Baptist Convention - Baptist Faith and Message 2000
• Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada

[edit] Other Resources

• Reformed Reader - Historic Baptist Documents