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The Baptist Faith and Message (BF&M) is the statement of faith of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). It summarizes key Southern Baptist thought in the areas of the Bible and its authority, the nature of God as expressed by the Trinity, the spiritual condition of man, God's plan of grace and salvation, the purpose of the local church, ordinances, evangelism, Christian education, interaction ...
Approximately 15.3% of Americans identify as Baptist, making Baptists the second-largest religious group in the United States, after Roman Catholics. [1] Baptists adhere to a congregationalist structure, so local church congregations are generally self-regulating and autonomous, meaning that their broadly Christian religious beliefs can and do vary.
Second Baptist Church Houston. Second Baptist Church Houston is a Baptist multi-site megachurch based in Houston, Texas, US. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. Its senior pastor is Dr. Ben Young.
Southern Africa. African Baptist Assembly of Malawi, Inc. African United Baptist Church. Association of Bible Baptist Churches in Madagascar. Baptist Convention of Angola. Baptist Evangelical Association of Madagascar. Baptist Union of Southern Africa. Baptist Union of Zambia. Igreja União Baptista de Moçambique.
History. The church was founded in 1903 as Tuam Avenue Baptist Church. It moved to its current location on South Main Street in 1930 and was renamed South Main Baptist Church. Between 1934 and 1939, the church hosted the University of Houston campus before the university moved to its current location on Cullen Blvd.
Official website. www.abaptist.org. The American Baptist Association (ABA) is a Landmark Baptist Christian association in the United States, with offices, book store and publishing house in Texarkana, Texas. [1] One of the principal founders was Ben M. Bogard, a pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Since the early days of the Baptist movement, various denominations have adopted common confessions of faith as the basis for cooperative work among churches. [1] These would include beliefs about one God, the virgin birth, the impeccability, miracles, vicarious atoning death, burial and bodily resurrection of Christ, the need for salvation ...
Bellevue Baptist was founded in 1903 by Central Baptist Church as a mission church on the outskirts of Memphis. With a small $1,000 gift from member Fannie Jobe, Pastor Thomas Potts led the congregation to build a one-room stone chapel at the corner of Bellevue and Erskine Avenues.