Baptist Distinctives · Foundational
Separation of Church and State
Separation of church and state means that Christ rules His churches through His Word and that civil government has no authority over the soul, not that believers must leave public life.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
1
What Baptists mean by separation of church and state, and what they do not mean
2
How Scripture distinguishes the work of government from the work of Christ's churches
3
Why state churches and believer's baptism could not live together
4
How Helwys, Williams, Clarke, Holmes, Backus, Leland, and the Danbury Baptists won religious liberty at great cost
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How to honor government, speak in public life, and still obey God first
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