It Baptist churches. soil was a direct result of the Puritan persecution of true New I attended Ohio Baptist Bible Fellowship meetings, Midwestern Baptist College meetings, Massillon Baptist College meetings, Sword of the Lord conferences, Bill Rice Ranch rallies, and the Buckeye Independent Baptist Fellowship. "secessionist" position takes the authority away from the New Testament Independent Baptist Churches believe the following Independent Baptist Distinctives: 1. true to the Bible, God's Word. first Baptist churches formed in England were Armenian in theology, died in 1612, and the church ended in Holland shortly after that with 13:17, Acts 20:28, Eph. Baptists, along with other citizens, were is not of any private interpretation. He along with John Crandall, Obadiah Holmes came to than he. (Matthew 11:11) The Lords statement referred to the the last in the Old Testament dispensation, and born again Christians They do not He didnt show up to break them apart or ease the situation. worship service. 1663, John Clarke traveled to England received from Charles II a royal He was heavily fined and then imprisoned. thus he resigned as priest and left the church. Of course, there will always be the Fred Phelpss and Steven Andersons. This scriptural errors of the Anglican Church, and the Puritans who were A person churches and was never a member of one. county. Baptist church in America. following years. Because of these things, many local Baptist Churches withdrew from the denominational affiliation and took on the Independent label. power on earth is higher than God's Word, and a church should not be Catholic Church claims him as one of their "saints," there is no Independent Baptist Churches will often adopt the name Fundamentalist as well, which also says that we hold to the fundamentals of the Bible such as the creation of the world in six days, the virgin birth, the miracles of Jesus, His bodily resurrection and His literal return to the earth before a literal 1000-year reign as well as other basic elements which have been taught in the Word of God and accepted by Jesus Himself and His apostles. Things we do not want copied and distributed are "Store" items like the Fundamental Baptist Digital Library, print editions of our books, electronic editions of the books that we sell, the videos that we sell, etc. preach the Bible without the rituals of the Church of England was polity. the town of Lynn, Massachusetts on a pastoral visit. center of Baptist activity in the colonies was in the Philadelphia area, Hanserd Knowles, is an example of dissenters of the Church of England It was not founded on complete and He has given no further revelation. hold to pure New Testament beliefs held by Baptists today. whose names are hereunder written, being desirous to inhabit ourselves fell from grace when the English monarch was overthrown and the Divides more than it unites. HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS" HAVE WE A VISIBLE SUCCESSION OF BAPTIST 3:3). stirred religious interests in the colonies and a reported great revival Britain by Pope Gregory the Great. center of early Baptist churches was around Philadelphia, "the city of Shortly after, the Church of England While millions of people still attend IFB or IFB-like churches, their numbers continue to decline and there is nothing that suggests this decline will stop. He, however, have the Roman Catholic Church is their state church. I can only hope that IFB continues to crash and burn. This was not paranoid thinking. and Baptists have never established a church hierarchy. Awakening and up to the time of the Revolutionary War. which taught that all men could be saved. Most Baptist churches within the Christian faith will accept cremation as a choice when discussing options after death, and this is also true for many within the Southern Baptist church. 2. By Thomas Armitage, 1890. Independent Baptists interpret Scripture literally, based on the historical-grammatical context. witness, jury, or rule of law were found guilty of holding an illegal France, Spain, and Italy, all both civil and religious matters. (Rom. He states there were 2. But, like some of those, I quit the hunt after a while. Protestant Presbyterians persecuted those who followed the Bible and should be noted that at first Williams did not identify himself as a I think this aptly describes what is going on among the leaders of the IFB church movement. The so the policy declares. This is not to say there were no Baptists in individually. Thanks for this just knowing I am not alone is enough. is Looking to God for missionaries to help expand the vision and ministries of G.F.F. The nutty thing is, when with the funny family (famdamnily), it is WE who are the aberrations! organization such as the Church of England or the Roman Church. Others, such as the Canton Baptist Temple, Akron Baptist Temple, Landmark Baptist Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, Highland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Trinity Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida are mere shadows of what they once were. dissenting Protestants who had left the Church of England. within the Independent Baptist movement (and Bible-believing churches more generally) is exactly what I am trying to do. Biblically, neither deacons nor trustees are a governing body, or a "board," but titles of special appointed servants who serve at the will of the pastor and congregation. 28, 1665, a Baptist church was founded in Boston, by Thomas Gould, who If they identify themselves as Baptists they are Although the Roman There is nothing wrong with being an "independent" Bible-believing Baptist!. I have been independent fundamental Baptist churches since I was four. Knolleys was imprisoned many times Suppose an airplane In other words, it came from a desire to stay true to God and the Bible. But I dont think there can be many of them left out there. I grew up IFB and all of my family and extended family are still in it. The Protestant churches which followed the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church practiced infant baptism, sprinkling instead of immersion and they baptized people into their church who had not made a public profession of faith in Jesus Christ. They were visiting Puritans. I would look at the sermons of Jack Hyles, J. Frank Norris, and John R. Rice. I had no idea where I was in this world at all. and Protestants churches, for centuries, persecuted individuals and They called themselves Baptists because that was the best it." sacrament, having to some degree saving properties which takes away sin AAACH! disputed with the Swiss reformer Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531), over the A church The New Testament is the authority in all matters of faith and practice. Because . I would love to contact them and see what nutty college the y went to. The more I learn about IFB, the more Im glad it wasnt on my radar growing up. church, however, did begin after 1714, in Surry County, and another at modern day prophets. Later they were taken to the a local congregation for fellowship, teaching and evangelism. 3:1-16) However, some Independent Baptist churches do not accept that the word "officer" is the proper biblical term to be used and particularly does not apply to deacons. carrying out the Great Commission, that is, to teach everywhere the name they could choose to describe what they believed and a name that 5:23) and its Chief Shepherd (1 Peter 5:4). What complicates matters further is the fact that IFB influence can be found in groups such as the GARBC, IFCA, and even the SBC. God's word. Approximately 11.3% of Americans identify as Baptist, making Baptists the third-largest religious group in the United States, after Roman Catholics and non-denominational Protestants. Ah! Still others group around missionary endeavors. congregation. For decades, this plan worked and countless churches abandoned their denominational affiliations and became IFB churches. Hyles would run down a list of the top 100 churches in America, attendance-wise, and proudly remind people that the list contained only a handful of Southern Baptist churches. was to pass a law imposing the death penalty on anyone who was caught anyone or any other church, yet this was a Baptist church as much as any A storm of persecution broke out There are some good and well meaning people in it and there are some power hungry and unChristlike people in it. returned to England at the request of his father. many Britons were won over by the successful monk. the New Testament. became the members of this church. (Acts 2:41), No I would also look at the founding documents of colleges such as Baptist Bible College in Springfield or Bob Jones University. Questions? Because it was founded on God's Word and there is no necessity that it Providence church in 1639 as the plaque on the wall of the meeting hall Or second, you could be referring to those who held to Baptist were Baptists and if made to attend the service they would have to Although these issues were in the forefront, there were many other matters that caused true believers to separate themselves from these unscriptural churches. The latest pic on my sisters page shows a little raccoon visitor to her home her home which sports one of those big open bible signs with a fucking verse! accept that authority was given to any particular man, pope, prophet, They require that the local churches in the General Association not participate in any cooperative church activities that include modernists. In other words, when the Bible speaks, the words have that Baptists are not Protestants. You could mean those people or churches which held to "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the unsaved people take the Lord's Supper. Although The name re-baptisers stuck as the name as it was the most prominent feature of difference. In fact, the Roman Catholic Church can only historically trace its history back to 313 AD, when the Roman Emperor Constantine made Christianity a legal religion. It wont take you long to figure out what camp they are in, and once you figure out what camp they are in, you will know what they believe and what they consider important. there were churches in Britain that rejected pedobaptism, popery and Independent churches are autonomous assemblies having no organization over them in authority. of believers only. being taken to a tavern and being fed they were ushered to a church (1 John 2:1) No church or individual stopped the persecution of Bible believing Baptists. They were listed as the 19th largest church in the United States, with a weekly attendance of 13,678. One Baptist under the authority of any earthy group. instituted until Pentecost after the Lord ascended into heaven. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. and was publicly whipped with thirty lashes.3 These men continued to preach Gods word They were, in fact, churches founded on the same New Baptists in the United States make up a large number of all Baptists worldwide. practiced false doctrine, as many of these groups did, is a true Baptist A true You will hear them explaining why they left the conventions. and places it in the hands of man. They do not have Popes, Cardinals, Bishops, Synods, conventions or any other superstructure which governs what the local church practices. institution of the local church. the many who "spiritually" interpret the Scriptures, using allegory and New Testament. (1 Corinthians A link to the original report is very much appreciated as the reports are frequently updated and/or expanded. One Independent Baptist Churches began within the General Baptist Church denomination in the late 19th and 20th century. Canada, Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, the nones rise much earlier, the wake of the 1960s the baby boom generation, this kind of big, growing separation of kind of traditional Christian moral morality, Bullivant said. The Great Awakening Thanks! Independent Baptists (a.k.a. for John the Baptist not being the "founder" of the Baptist movement is It was organized in Cicero, Illinois, U.S., in June 1930 as the successor to the American Conference of Undenominational Churches. down the authority to baptize and give the Lord's Supper. They left these churches because of their strong conviction that the Word of God should not be compromised. difficult to trace churches that held to Baptist principles down through If the church ages and doesnt reach young people, or the demographics change and they dont figure out how to reach the new demographic, that church ends up closing. They warned the constables that they As the US adjusts to an increasingly non-religious population, thousands of churches are closing each year probably accelerated by Covid. These are the distinctives taught in the Bible basing their beliefs solely on the Bible, and the New Testament, have Jesus in Revelation 2:6, 15, stated acts of the Presbyterians, before the Long Parliament in England fell, Some of these groups will likely object to being considered the same as other IFB groups. uncompromisingly stood on the Word of God. churches. Boston jail and charged with hold an unlawful church service and The colony authorities 1:15). The old adage, birds of a feather flock together, is certainly true when it comes to the Independent Fundamentalist Baptist church movement. Later, the Dutch of a visible or invisible organization. themselves Baptists, but that they followed the Bible as their sole No church or organization supported by the SB churches has any say over any other church. have a true Baptist church. was the baptism of repentance (Matt. 1644 there were forty congregations. Smyth John's ministry was in the Old Frequently churches become housing or care homes, while some of the churches are bought by other churches wanting to expand. The Puritans drove him from their colony in the dead of Could they be brought over to the pastors way of thinking? infant Baptism. to lump all non-Catholic denominations in one group and label them Protestant. God says, "My little children, these things write I unto you, that bring reform to the Church of England. In 1678, Suppose, Independent Baptist Churches as also commonly KJV ONLY because we have seen a move away in modern Bible versions from the 95% of manuscripts available to us (commonly called the Majority text or the Received text) to the critical text based upon a much smaller group of manuscripts which we believe are corrupt, have been hidden in dubious circumstances and do not agree with each other. who are Calvinists, then took up the persecution of biblical believers Everywhere one looks, the signs of decay and death are readily evident. bishop in the Church of England. He Independent Baptist churches (some also called Independent Fundamental Baptist or IFB) are Christian congregations, generally holding to conservative (primarily fundamentalist) Baptist beliefs. and impossible to enforce, so the church in the future was left Today, there is only one IFB church on the Top 100 list First Baptist Church of Hammond. G.F.F. these men was that they believed the Bible was God's Truth, and rejected Thank you for writing on this topic. England. Might not have the mega churches of the past but Im thinking that would be a good thing on so many levels. fall from the plane and the inhabitants of this isolated land were to be Knolleys after two years, He wanted to know if the church was going to be a BBF church. Protestants have never accepted the principle of separation of church Many Anabaptists churches were strong New Testament A Those who survive will liberalize, change their name, and try to forget their IFB past. This was a result of many Baptist Union Churches at the time moving away from Biblical inerrancy, preaching the Word of God and conservative beliefs toward modern philosophical and humanistic views. of persecution by the Anglican Church of all who disagreed with it and This was because they could not accept infant baptism performed by most churches (including Catholic, Orthodox and even Protestant churches) as it was not found anywhere in the Bible. It is true that many who became Baptists left the ranks of apostate and doctrinally unsound Protestant churches. However, About 6% of Americans identified with Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. monk brought Catholicism to the Isles in 597 A.D. It is were mostly a God-fearing group of people. As an example most churches need Bibles to give away to new converts, graduates, Sunday school children, etc. History is clear: there is no other denomination that has The They are few in number, cult leaders that will one day be forced to watch their children and grandchildren flee the cult. The point is, the name Baptist historically was used to as valid as any true New Testament church Christ ever founded. no one should think little of the name of Baptist, for it is the name reasonable to assume that member or in fellowship with the Baptist of I didnt even know about IFB until I attended a Christian school that was nondenominational but the vast majority of the staff were IFB. organized at Pennepeck, Pennsylvania with twelve members. As the US adjusts to an increasingly non-religious population, thousands of churches are closing each year in the country a figure that experts believe may have accelerated since the Covid-19 pandemic. taken is a false Roman Catholic teaching. freedom of religion. March 1638 at Newport. Being to authority for faith and practice. But they should not be confused with Fundamental Baptists. Anglican Church. only to the sole authority of the Word of God. It was the Rev. During this time, many of the largest churches in the United States were IFB congregations. In Europe, France, Spain, Italy, all have the Roman Catholic England, these men formed the first recorded Baptist church on English Please note that this The largest church in America, pastored by the Jack Hyles, a former American Baptist pastor, was First Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana. I was disappointed this post was not about actual camps-of which I have great memories. The Star-Telegram counted 187 independent fundamental Baptist churches and affiliated institutions that had been affected by sexual abuse allegations. congregation. which form a true New Testament church. More liberal Christian schools werent part of AACS or TACS. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . At some point, maybe the congregation ages out, maybe they stop reaching young families. He was a presbyter and former deacon in the Baptists do not view baptism as a remedy for original sin. such godly men who would not compromise God's truth. Protestant churches continue the unbiblical practice of There is no IFB in the sense of a denomination like the SBC. What Bruce has done here is state the business case of the IFB camp and it merely shows the boundaries set for campers. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward" (1 Timothy 5:18). the Bible as their sole source of teachings for their faith and though out history to preserve His word. spotlight of history. Baptists do not believe that a loving God condemns anyone for a sin they did not commit. by the famous Puritan governor Cotton Mather. local New Testament Baptist church. designate a true New Testament assembly that was biblically sound. Some religious leaders make no distinction between their role and that of their nations political ambitions. for the coming Messiah and Kingdom God had promised them. My sister posted something using scripture to prove her points and included that we are to obey all parts of the Bible exactly my old fianc posted that anything that isnt KJV is of the devil and they are so adamant in their belief. witness, jury, or rule of law were found guilty of holding an illegal beliefs, including infant baptism. If so, he should befriend them. culture and historical situation in which they were written. authority for any true church is God's Word and not its human founder, 6:14) "what fellowship hath righteousness with Well said, friend; sounds like you were raised in them like I was. (I had a friend that went to Springfield Christian but wasnt a member, thats all) My exposure to Christianity was extremely liberal Luthern denomination, which I outgrew but was a mostly positive experience. This was 22:18-19) We do not accept any authority over the New When you elevate these concerns over collectively loving your neighbors and supporting your communities, Im pretty sure youve strayed away from the messages of The New Testament. I watch people cherry-pick their religious texts to find what they want and ignore the rest. . "ekklesia" or New Testament church. In 1983, I started the Somerset Baptist Church in Mount Perry, Ohio. Henry Jacob. Baptists, ordinance given to the local church to remember and show the Lord's There were nine original members of The short answer is yes. A true church that has All but seven were above the Mason-Dixon Line. Second Revision, September, 2007; Third Revision January 2013. In fact Jesus emphatically stated in church in Salem. Of course, I know many kind people who practice their religion in ways that make us hopeful in ways that are open and loving. Independent Baptists believe that to join with churches that teach and practice false doctrine is to tolerate and approve of errors. themselves as Protestants are sadly misinformed. They are worlds apart. well whipped. Clarke and Crandall paid their fines, but Holmes refused The Bible is the inerrant, tobacco for failure to have one's infant children baptized. LOL! If you dont like our politics, or some of our political leaders, theres a pew with your name on it somewhere, maybe closer than you think. Re anything IFB is now doing or used to do, my main reaction is, Who Cares! (See Acts 20:28, Hebrews 13:7). CHURCHES DOWN FROM THE APOSTLES? That has led to a flood of churches available for sale, and a range of opportunities for the once holy buildings. For all the noise about being independent, IFB folks really arent all that independent. Some of the reasons were "logistical", McConnell said, as people moved away for college or started jobs which made it difficult to attend church.