Temple Memorial Baptist Church Facts That You Should Know About American Baptists

Temple Memorial Baptist Church is one of the most prominent Baptist church situated at Cedrow Drive. Read this post to know certain facts about Baptist Churches in America.
Baptist is one of the most well-known denominations in Protestant Christianity and is named after its belief in believer’s baptism where a person needs to proclaim their faith in Christianity by baptism. More than 42 million Baptists in the U.S alone, making it one of the largest groups of Protestants worldwide. Here in this post, you are about to learn few facts about Baptists and their beliefs.
1. There are different opinions on the origin of Baptist Church
There are mainly four main opinions on how Baptist originated; as per the first opinion the Baptist grew within the English Separatist movement. During 16th to 18th centuries, Protestant Christians detached from the Church of England. A 1609 church in Amsterdam is considered an earliest Baptist church.
As per the second opinion, the Baptists originated from English separatism and are hugely influenced out of Dutch Mennonites or Anabaptists. And the third and fourth opinion says that Baptist churches existed in some form since the Christ and during the time of John the Baptist.
2. Baptist churches are divided into four different sub-dominations
In the USA, Southern Baptist Convention is the largest group. In 2015, the group HAD 15 million members. Southern Baptist gets separated from Northern Baptist over the issues of slavery.
Baptist World Alliance includes 200 Baptist organizations. However Southern Baptist Convention has left the alliance in 2004 over issues of women in the clergy and homosexuality.
3. The Prime believe in the Baptist Church in baptism
Baptist churches like Temple Memorial Baptist Church believes in baptism. Baptism symbolizes cleansing of sins. Many churches practice full immersion whereas others use a sprinkling of water. Many churches do not subscribe to infant baptism and Baptism isn’t obligatory for salvation. Baptism in a Baptist church is a public expression of faith.
4. Baptists are strong believers in Biblical Authority
Baptists believe that the Bible is the only authority because of its divine nature and divine authority. Baptists believe that The Holy Spirit has inspired the Bible and authorized the men to record the truth about God and give directives on how to apply the Bible to the Christian life. Few Baptist churches probably disagree with certain practices but all believe that the Bible is their sole authority.
5. The Lord’s Supper is a representational act of obedience
In Baptist churches, the Lord’s Supper is a symbolic practice meant to honor the death of Jesus. The practice comes from Jesus’s last supper with his followers. The Lord’s Supper is meant as a remembrance of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice.
6. Baptist’s strong support and missionary work and evangelism
Many Baptists encourage evangelism and missionary works. Baptists days that there are millions of people around the world who haven’t heard of Jesus, that is why evangelism is the mission of Baptist churches. Evangelism has a long history in the Baptist church and as per American Baptist Churches, evangelism rooted back in 1824. Churches like Temple Memorial Baptist Church are into multiple missionary works.
7. Baptists are believers of Religious freedom
Early Baptists held robust views to uphold spiritual freedom.

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