Baptist Distinctives · Foundational
What Makes a Baptist?
A Baptist is a Christian who holds the Bible as the only final authority for faith and practice, and who gathers with other saved and baptized believers in a self-governing local church under Christ.
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 the name Baptist means, and how it came to be used
2
The convictions Baptists have long held, and why no one list of them is official
3
Why these convictions grow from one root: Christ rules His church by His Word
4
Why Baptists are not Protestants, and how to tell the written record honestly
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