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Senior pastor (s) John Wilkerson. The First Baptist Church of Hammond is an Independent Fundamental Baptist megachurch in Hammond, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago. It is the largest church in the state of Indiana, and in 2007 was the 20th largest in the United States. [1] Though founded in 1887 by Allen Hill, it was under Jack Hyles ' leadership ...
George Washington Truett, also known as George W. Truett (May 6, 1867 – July 7, 1944), was an American clergyman who was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, from 1897 until 1944, and the president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1927 to 1929. [ 1][ 2] He was one of the "most famous Southern Baptist " preachers and ...
Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals. Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals is an American limited television documentary series about physical and sexual abuse in the Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) movement. [1] The series examines various IFB churches, church-run schools, and boarding schools and the testimonies of former IFB members.
Hunter Street Baptist Church. The main sanctuary of Hunter Street Baptist Church. / 33.355450; -86.839098. Hunter Street Baptist Church (established 1907) is a Baptist Church located in Hoover, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention . As of 2018, the church has a membership of approximately 4,500.
First Baptist Church is a historic Southern Baptist church on D'Olive Street in Bay Minette, Alabama, United States. It was built in 1914 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The Bay Minette Public Library currently occupies the building.
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary ( MA, PhD) James David "J.D." Greear (born May 1, 1973) is an American Baptist pastor. He is the pastor of The Summit Church in Durham, North Carolina. Greear has authored several books, including 12 Truths & a Lie (2023), Essential Christianity (2023), Just Ask (2021), What Are You Going to Do with ...
Baptists form a major branch of evangelicalism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion.Baptist churches generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul competency (the responsibility and accountability of every person before God), sola fide (salvation by just faith alone), sola scriptura (the scripture of the Bible ...
Practices. Baptists practice believer's baptism and the Lord's Supper (communion) as the ordinances instituted in Scripture (Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26). [5] Most Baptists call them "ordinances" (meaning "obedience to a command that Christ has given us") [6] [7] instead of "sacraments" (activities God uses to impart salvation or a ...