Missionary Baptists

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Missionary Baptist is a Christian denomination that emerged in the American South during the late 19th century. Missionary Baptists separated from Regular Baptists due to theological differences. Missionary Baptists believe in the classic tenets of the Baptist polity: the autonomy of local congregations and the view that baptism and church membership are reserved for mature congregants. The defining characteristic of Missionary Baptist churches remains the enduring insistence on church autonomy.

History

Missionary Baptists grew out of the missionary controversy that divided Regular Baptists in the American South during the latter half of the 19th century, with Missionary Baptists (a term used by adherents of Landmarkism.) following the pro-missions movement position.^[1] Those who opposed the innovations became known as "anti-missions" or Primitive Baptists.^[2] Since arising in the late 19th-century, the influence of Primitive Baptists waned as "Missionary Baptists became the mainstream".^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Garrett, James Leo Jr. (2009). Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study. Mercer University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-88146-129-9. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
^ Byron Cecil Lambert, The rise of the anti-mission Baptists: sources and leaders, 1800–1840 (Arno Press, 1980)

Scott, Dalton B. (1948). The Organization and Subsequent History of the Center Point Baptist Church. Hazen, Arkansas.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Wardin, Albert (1995). Baptists Around the World. Broadman and Holman. ISBN 0805410767.
Wyatt-Brown, Bertram (November 1970). "The Antimission Movement in the Jacksonian South: A Study in Regional Folk Culture". Journal of Southern History. 36 (4): 501–529. JSTOR 2206302.

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[Garrett212-1] Garrett, James Leo Jr. (2009). Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study. Mercer University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-88146-129-9. Retrieved January 8, 2011.

[2] Byron Cecil Lambert, The rise of the anti-mission Baptists: sources and leaders, 1800–1840 (Arno Press, 1980)

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