Baptist

Baptist churches are part of a Christian movement often regarded as an Evangelical, Protestant denomination. Baptists emphasize a believer's baptism by full immersion, which is performed after a profession of faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior. A congregational governance system gives autonomy to individual local Baptist churches, which are sometimes associated in organizations such as the Southern Baptist Convention. In the late 1990s, there were about 43 million Baptists worldwide with about 33 million in the United States.

Some Baptist Doctrinal Statements

• 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith
• American Baptist Association
• The 1646 London Baptist Confession of Faith
• The 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith
• The 1833 New Hampshire Confession
• Baptist Faith and Message
• Baptist Missionary Association of America
• General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
• Southern Baptist Convention