this time, the Puritans were also becoming strong in England. England, these men formed the first recorded Baptist church on English down the authority to baptize and give the Lord's Supper. It is a very negative and fearful sect. soil was a direct result of the Puritan persecution of true New He began by baptizing Added to this number were thousands of new IFB churches that were planted all over the United States. Later they were taken to the Well, actually, facets of it interest me because it was my childhood. If they had only waited 30 years, these fighting fundamentalists would have found their denomination had turned dramatically to the right. accept that authority was given to any particular man, pope, prophet, They were intolerant discovering who the first Baptists were, you must first identify to whom The Regular Baptists accept conservative theological interpretations of the Christian faith, including the belief in Christs Second Coming. It is my The origins of the Independent Baptist movement are sketchy. were Baptists and if made to attend the service they would have to document.write("All rights reserved 1996-"+ update + " (Cooper P Abrams III - Bible-truth.org) All rights reserved. The A poll asked if its OK to be white. Heres why the phrase is loaded. worship service. This was because they could not accept infant baptism performed by most churches (including Catholic, Orthodox and even Protestant churches) as it was not found anywhere in the Bible. Now? But many Reformed and Sovereign Grace Baptist pastors come from an IFB church background. Carolina the first Baptist church was started in the northeastern principles of the New Testament, he will in a true sense, be a Baptist Baptists, such as the Landmark Baptist are often referred to as follow the New Testament example that each church is to govern itself as decided to leave England. For those who think it is a good idea to invade other countries, the battle cry will always be that God is on your side. In 1700, The true Independent Fundamental Baptists have no association or fellowship with these churches because they teach or practice things contrary to the New Testament. We are not the only country where things work this way. Others, have to a lesser degree compromised the Word of God by their teaching, practices, and church polity by trying to conform to popular religious trends. matter. freedom of religion. Henry Jacob. died in 1612, and the church ended in Holland shortly after that with not a historic distinctive of a Baptist church, one other characteristic An independent fundamental Baptist church is the church that I choose to attend because it is the kind of church that I believe best follows the guidelines of the New Testament church. When a congregation results from the The institution of the local church (ekklesia - assembly) is not found I was disappointed this post was not about actual camps-of which I have great memories. groups were in gross error and corrupted. The connection with churches back in