List of Baptist Confessions
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The following is a list of confessions that have been important to the development of various Baptist churches throughout history.
1600s
- 1611 Thomas Helwys Declaration of Faith
- 1644 First London Baptist Confession1689 Baptist Confession of FaithThe 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith was written by Particular Baptists, who held to a Calvinistic Soteriology in England to give a formal expression of their Christian faith from a Baptist perspective...
- revised in 1646 - 1651 The Faith and Practice of Thirty Congregations
- 1654 The True Gospel-Faith Declared According to the Scriptures
- 1656 The Somerset Confession of Faith
- 1655 Midland Confession of Faith
- 1660 The Standard Confession
- 1678 The Orthodox Creed
- 1689 Second London Baptist Confession1689 Baptist Confession of FaithThe 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith was written by Particular Baptists, who held to a Calvinistic Soteriology in England to give a formal expression of their Christian faith from a Baptist perspective...
- originally written in 1677 - 1691 A Short Confession or a Brief Narrative of Faith
1700s
- 1742 The Philadelphia Confession
- 17?? The Coalheaver's Confession
- 1757 Carter Lane Declaration of Faith
- 1758 The Sandy Creek Confession
- 1770 Articles of Religion of the New Connexion
- 1792 The Goatyard Declaration of Faith
1800s
- 1812 Former Articles
- 1833 New Hampshire Confession of Faith
- 1834 A Treatise on the Faith of the Freewill Baptists
- 1858 The Abstract of Principles
- 1866 Compend of Christian Doctrines Held by Baptists
- 1878 The Articles of Faith of the Gospel Standard Aid and Poor Relief Societies (Strict Baptist) — an expression of Hyper-CalvinismHyper-CalvinismHyper-Calvinism is a pejorative term referring to a denial of the free offer of the gospel and duty-faith. The term "Hyper-Calvinism" is used in the writings of Iain Murray, Curt Daniel, Peter Toon and others who seek to defend the free offer of the gospel as well as duty faith.The controversy over...
1900s
- 1900 Fulton Confession of Faith (Primitive Baptists)
- 1923 Articles of Faith Put Forth by the Baptist Union of America
- 1925 Baptist Faith and MessageBaptist Faith and MessageThe Baptist Faith and Message is the confession of faith of the Southern Baptist Convention . It summarizes key Southern Baptist thought in the areas of the Bible and its authority, the nature of God as expressed by the Trinity, the spiritual condition of man, God's plan of grace and salvation,...
- revised in 1963, 1998 and 2000 - 1935 Treatise on the Faith and Practice of the Free Will BaptistsTreatise on the Faith and Practice of the Free Will BaptistsThe Treatise on the Faith and Practice of the Free Will Baptists was adopted in 1935 at Nashville, Tennessee as representatives from the two largest groups of Free Will Baptists merged to form the National Association of Free Will Baptists...
Statements of Faith by Convention/Association
- American Baptist Association
- American Baptist Churches USA
- Baptist Missionary Association of America
- General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
- A Treatise of the Faith and Practices of the National Association of Free Will Baptists
- North American Baptist Conference
- Southern Baptist Convention - Baptist Faith and Message 2000
- Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada