A Brief History of Baptists in the United States: With a Focus on Certain Deviations from Bible Doctrines Causing the Divergence of Various Different Group

Description

This work was done as research and written as a partial fulfillment for a degree of Master of Biblical Studies. It reviews the historic biblical faith and Baptist distinctives. Then it examines, briefly, the Baptist faith in the United States from before its founding in the colonial period onward. Subsequently, it investigates the deviations in biblical doctrines among several groups of Baptists formed over the decades. Finally, it focuses in on major deviations and the groups calling themselves Baptists who have gone the furthest away from the orthodox biblical position.