Baptist History

“A recent addition to our site is our Baptist History page. Our blog focuses on making Biblical applications to modern life from a fundamentalist Baptist perspective. An important component of that perspective is Baptist History, and especially our history as the FBFI.” - P&D

“The story goes that during the Civil War he was tapped to run a town meeting in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he’d been sent to manage construction of naval defenses against possible Confederate attack. Embarrassed that he had no idea how to run such a meeting, he undertook the study of parliamentary procedure that became his enduring passion.” - RNS

“…we are called to vigilance, so we should be wary of deviant doctrinal innovations and always wary of the corrupting influence of the world. More than this, though, we should recover the life of days of old, where Baptists preached the gospel wherever they went, winning souls and building churches for the glory of the Lord.” - Don Johnson

“Now that the Methodists have reached the precipice, the very complicated organizational work of division has to get underway, and one thing is sure: Nothing will happen quickly. Whatever division happens will unfold at multiple levels over at least a decade.” - RNS

In his Baptist History in England and America, David Beale illuminates numerous topics, including Baptist origins, their search for the ancient manner of immersion, and even the way they acquired the name Baptist. Xulon Press, 2018, 640 pgs.

Michael Haykin: In the seventeenth century one of the most spiritually alive denominations in the British Isles were the Particular or Calvinistic Baptists